桜湯

Japanese

桜湯 (sakurayu): a cup of cherry blossom tea.

Kanji in this term
桜	湯
さくら Grade: 5	ゆ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
櫻湯 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”) +‎ 湯 (yu, “hot water”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) さくらゆ [sàkúráꜜyù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠jɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

桜(さくら)湯(ゆ) • (sakura yu)

cherry blossom tea, sakura tea: pickled sakura blossoms steeped in hot water

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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