sakura
/ˈsækʊɹə/
sakura noun: cherry tree.
Noun
sakura (countable and uncountable, plural sakuras)
- cherry tree
- Sakura represent the short-lived beauty of life. Sakura are often depicted in Japanese art and poetry.2005, Meg Greene, Japan: A Primary Source Cultural Guide, New York, N.Y.: PowerPlus Books, The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 19
- And while the tree is found throughout Asia, its associations with Japan are so strong that in Korea many sakura were removed after the colonial period as an unwanted reminder of the Japanese presence.2008, Michael Berry, A History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 95
- cherry blossom (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree)
- In his hand, he holds a sakura. He plans to give it to his daughter, marking a milestone in her life and protection for the future.2022, Rajah E. Smart, Felicia M. Banks, The Sakura Cloud, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN
- a card game from Hawaii played with Japanese hanafuda playing cards
- In Hawaii there are a number of popular gambling games which have not invaded the mainland, except possibly in Oriental colonies. The basic game among the large Japanese population is sakura, which is played with a deck of forty-eight tiny one-by-two-inch Japanese cards.1956, Clyde Brion Davis, Something for Nothing, Lippincott, →OCLC, page 190
- Any beachboy was hailed as the day's hero who could scrape together enough money to buy a fresh box of sakura cards, and through the long hot days the gang would sit beneath coconut umbrellas, playing the silly game. No other was allowed, and if a man couldn't play sakura, he couldn't be a beachboy.2013, James A. Michener, “The Golden Men” (chapter 6), in Hawaii: A Novel, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 961
Proper noun capitalized: Sakura
Sakura
- A female given name from Japanese.
sakura meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sakura in Hindi
- Japanese cherry tree
- सकुरा sakurā, साकुरा sākurā
- blossom of the Japanese cherry tree — see also cherry blossom
- सकुरा sakurā
sakura in Tamil
- சகுரா, சாகுரா, ஸகுரா
sakura in Marathi
- सकुरा, साकुरा
sakura in Urdu
- ساکورا, ساکوڑا
More languagesFewer languages
- sakura in Bengali
- সাকুরা, সকুরা
- sakura in Telugu
- సకురా, సాకురా
- sakura in Malayalam
- സകുര, സകുരാ
- sakura in Kannada
- ಸಕುರಾ, ಸಾಕುರಾ
- sakura in Punjabi
- ਸਕੁਰਾ, ਸਾਕੁਰਾ, ਸਕੂਰਾ
- sakura in Gujarati
- સકુરા, સાકુરા
- sakura in Odia
- ସାକୁରା
- sakura in Nepali
- सकुरा, साकुरा
- sakura in Arabic
- سَاكُورَا sakurā
- sakura in Malay
- pokok sakura, sakura, bunga sakura
- sakura in Indonesian
- sakura
- sakura in Persian
- ساکورا sâkurâ
- sakura in Thai
- ซากุระ saagùrá
- sakura in Vietnamese
- anh đào Nhật Bản, anh đào, hoa anh đào
Examples of sakura in a sentence
- On Bandai forest path / two poets walk / with frequent stops. / Blossoms of roses / sakuras, wildflowers / stream from their mouth.2010, Jarda Cervenka, Howls From The Other Side: Poems and Collages, Xlibris, →ISBN:
- A variety of games are played with these cards, including a version of Hanafuda in Hawaii, called Sakura, that uses cards specifically designed with numerical values.2021, Constance L. Kirker, Mary Newman, “Blossoms: Aesthetics of the Ephemeral” (chapter 2), in Cherry, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 58:
Forms of sakura
| plural | sakuras |
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Origin of sakura
Borrowed from Japanese 桜(さくら) (sakura, “cherry tree”).
Borrowed from Japanese さくら (Sakura).
Questions about sakura
- What does sakura mean?
- Sakura means cherry tree.
- What is sakura in Hindi?
- Sakura in Hindi is सकुरा (sakurā), साकुरा (sākurā). See Sakura meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sakura in a sentence?
- On Bandai forest path / two poets walk / with frequent stops. / Blossoms of roses / sakuras, wildflowers / stream from their mouth.
- What part of speech is sakura?
- Sakura can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sakura?
- Sakura is pronounced /ˈsækʊɹə/.
- What is the plural of sakura?
- The plural of sakura is sakuras.
Words near sakura in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sakura (page history and authors); Sakura (page history and authors); sakura (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sakura (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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