徒あだ桜ざくら

noun

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.

• 徒あだ桜ざくらは、はかなく散ちる花はなの美うつくしさを詠よんだ言こと葉ばだ。

  Adazakura is a word that celebrates the beauty of flowers that scatter fleetingly.

• 人じん生せいの栄えい華がも徒あだ桜ざくらのようなものだ。

  The glories of life are like ephemeral cherry blossoms.

noun

unfaithful woman; prostitute

Archaic metaphorical use, comparing a woman's inconstancy to easily scattering cherry blossoms. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんでは、徒あだ桜ざくらが浮うわ気きな女おんなを指さすことがあった。

  In Edo-period texts, adazakura could refer to an unfaithful woman.