ephemeral cherry blossom; transient beauty
Poetic term for cherry blossoms that scatter easily, symbolizing the fleeting nature of beauty or life. Also used metaphorically for any ephemeral thing.
Adazakura is a word that celebrates the beauty of flowers that scatter fleetingly.
The glories of life are like ephemeral cherry blossoms.
unfaithful woman; prostitute
Archaic metaphorical use, comparing a woman's inconstancy to easily scattering cherry blossoms. Not used in modern Japanese.
In Edo-period texts, adazakura could refer to an unfaithful woman.
Compound of 徒 (ada, 'vain, fleeting') and 桜 (sakura, 'cherry blossom'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word appears in classical Japanese literature as a metaphor for transience.