桜
桜

cherry

10 strokesFrequency 1,237JLPT N1Grade 5

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オウヨウ

Kun

さくら

Nanori

さろう

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Common Words

桜さくらサクラNounFreq #3417
1

cherry tree; cherry blossom

Examples
満開をチョイ過ぎた感はありましたが、それでも、美しい桜を満喫してきました。
They seem a little past their peak, but even so we enjoyed the beautiful cherry blossoms.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Usu. サクラ; also written as 偽客

fake buyer; paid audience; shill; seat filler

3

Word usually written using kana alone

hired applauder

4

Colloquial

horse meat

桜色さくらいろNounFreq #14661
1

cherry blossom (colour, color)

桜の木さくらの木サクラの木さくらのき (桜の木／さくらの木)サクラのき (サクラの木)NounFreq #23408
1

cherry tree

Examples
私の家の前にサクラの木がある。
There is a cherry tree in front of my house.
桜花おうかさくらばなNounFreq #29915
1

cherry blossom

Examples
桜花が盛りであった。
The cherry blossoms were at their best.
桜並木さくらなみきNounFreq #37733
1

row of cherry trees (lining a street)

さくらんぼ桜ん坊桜桃さくらんぼうサクランボNounUsually kanaFreq #42561
1

cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)

Examples
さくらんぼは六月か七月に熟す。
Cherries are ripe in June or July.
葉桜はざくらNounFreq #47647
1

cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves

夜桜よざくらNounFreq #48835
1

cherry blossoms at night

桜吹雪さくらふぶきNounFreq #50037
1

blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms

かば (樺)樺桜皮かんば (樺)カバかにわNounUsually kanaFreq #57518
1

birch (esp. Japanese white birch)

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