a female given name / a placename / a surname / a piece of koto music, often entitled Sakura Sakura in English:

cherry tree / cherry tree that bears edible fruit / (US) Short for サクラメント／桜府 (Sakuramento, “Sacramento (a city in California, United States)”).

cherry blossom

to open / to begin an event

(slang, of eyes) opened up wide

(intransitive, of flowers) to bloom / (intransitive, by extension) to produce results

flower / beauty / red-light district

flower / red-light district

Synonym of 梅の花 (ume no hana, “plum blossoms”) / Synonym of 菊の花 (kiku no hana, “chrysanthemum flowers”) / Synonym of 桜の花 (sakura no hana, “cherry blossoms”) / (colloquial) an imperial prince

the spring cocoon crop