桜

さくら【桜】

cherry (tree)

〖C〗サクラ(の木)

The cherry trees are about to blossom. もうすぐ桜の花が咲きそうだ

The cherry blossoms are at their best now. 今サクラの花が満開だ

the queen of the cherry blossom festival 桜祭りの女王.

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さくら【桜】

【植】

1 〔バラ科サクラ亜属の植物の総称〕 a Japanese cherry; a Japanese flowering cherry; 〔木〕 a cherry tree; 〔花〕 cherry blossoms [flowers]; 〔桜色〕 (a) light pink.

●桜の名所 a place famous for beautiful cherry blossoms.

2 〔馬肉〕 horseflesh; horse meat. [＝さくらにく]

桜狩り ＝はなみ².

桜材 cherry wood; cherry.

桜前線 the cherry-blossom front [front line, line].

桜漬け pickled cherry blossoms.

桜堤 a bank [an embankment] of cherry trees.

桜時 the cherry-blossom season.

桜並木 a row [rows] of cherry trees 《lining a street》.

桜花 cherry blossoms.

桜吹雪 a blizzard of falling cherry blossom petals.

桜餅 a rice cake filled with sweet bean paste and wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf.

桜湯 a drink made from a hot infusion of salted cherry blossoms.