cherry tree; cherry blossom; sakura
Refers to the tree, its blossoms, or the flower itself. Culturally significant in Japan.
In spring, the cherry blossoms come into full bloom.
公園の桜の木の下でお花見をした。
We had a cherry-blossom viewing party under the cherry trees in the park.
light pink; cherry-blossom pink
Abbreviation of 桜色; used for the pale pink color of cherry blossoms.
See also: 桜色
彼女は桜の着物を着ていた。
She wore a light-pink kimono.
shill; fake buyer; paid audience; seat filler
A person hired to pretend to be a customer, applaud, or fill seats. Usually written in katakana as サクラ. Covers both fake buyers and hired applauders.
あの店の行列にはサクラが並んでいるらしい。
Apparently there are shills lining up in front of that shop.
テレビ番組の観客にサクラが混ざっていた。
There were paid audience members mixed in with the TV show's audience.
Euphemistic term for horse meat, usually in compounds like 桜肉 (さくらにく) or 桜鍋 (さくらなべ).
桜肉は馬肉の別名で、桜鍋などに使われる。
Sakura-niku is another name for horse meat, used in dishes like sakura-nabe.
The cherry trees in the park are in full bloom.
That shop hires people to pretend to be customers as shills.
I had a cherry blossom viewing party with friends under the sakura trees.
sakura-mochi; rice cake with sweet bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf
double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
mountain cherry; Cerasus jamasakura
cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree after blossoms have fallen
weeping cherry; shidare cherry
sakura shrimp; Lucensosergia lucens
primrose · Siebold's primrose; Japanese woodland primrose
winter cherry tree; Prunus parvifolia · winter cherry blossoms
first cherry blossoms of the year
fragrant cherry tree
woman who was beautiful in her youth; faded beauty
cherry tree with edible fruit; sweet cherry; Nanking cherry
winter cherry; Prunus kanzakura · Chinese primrose; Primula sinensis
Primula tosaensis (a species of primrose)
Japanese alpine cherry; Prunus nipponica
Chinese bush cherry; dwarf flowering almond
ephemeral cherry blossom; transient beauty · unfaithful woman; prostitute
Old-form kanji; search-only variant.