桜

Word usually written using kana alone

higan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella); early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox)

Colloquial

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

moss phlox (Phlox subulata); moss pink

Idiomatic expression

to fail an exam

to fall (of cherry blossom petals)

Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree

cherry blossom viewing party

Word usually written using kana alone

winter cherry (Prunus parvifolia)

winter cherry blossoms

cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)

cherry blossom viewing

faded beauty

droopy-branch cherry tree

rice boiled with soy sauce and sake

Nanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa); downy cherry

sakura shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens)

Food, cooking

horse-meat hotpot

any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry

Prunus kanzakura (species of winter-blooming cherry tree)

Chinese primrose (Primula sinensis)

anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide

drink made of boiled water poured over preserved cherry leaves and blossoms

late-blooming cherry blossom

first cherry blossom of the year

slightly pink cherry blossom color (colour)

cherry blossom of a faint color (colour)

horse meat

cherry tree bearing single blossoms; single cherry blossoms

cherry blossom viewer; cherry blossom admirer