桜田

Japanese
Kanji in this term
桜 田
さくら
Grade: 5		 だ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻田 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom; cherry tree”) +‎ 田 (ta, “paddy, field”).[1][2] The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to a text from 1310.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さくらだ [sàkúrádá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠da̠]

Noun

桜(さくら)田(だ) • (sakurada) 

  1. [from 1310] a place with a lot of cherry trees; a place with a lot of cherry blossoms blooming

Proper noun

桜(さくら)田(だ) • (Sakurada) 

  1. a surname
  2. (historical) a place in the former Ebara District in Musashi Province, corresponding to part of modern Kasumigaseki in Chiyoda, Tokyo

References
  1. “桜田”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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