桜前線

Japanese
Kanji in this term
桜 前 線
さくら
Grade: 5		 ぜん
Grade: 2		 せん
Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻前線 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 桜(さくら) (sakura, “cherry”) + 前線(ぜんせん) (zensen, “front”, as used in meteorology).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さくらぜ​んせん [sàkúrázéꜜǹsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠zẽ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

桜(さくら)前(ぜん)線(せん) • (sakura zensen) ←さくらぜんせん (sakura zensen)?

  1. the "cherry blossom front", an imaginary line linking regions of Japan where the cherry blossom season begins on the same date

Hypernyms
  • 開(かい)花(か)前線(ぜんせん) (kaika zensen)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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