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I think it's a good question given the season.

I was watching the petals of cherry flowers falling down in the typical "pink
shower" after the full bloom and wondered: is there a word that expresses
exactly this phenomenon of cherry petals "raining down"? After all it is such
a typical "Japanese scene" that I would be surprised otherwise. However, I
asked a Japanese person who didn't know (and if such word exists I figured it
would be so common everyone would answer immediately).

Ps I know 桜が舞う、桜の舞。 I was curious about a single word.
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Is there a word to express "the rain of sakura petals"?
Yes, but we take it as snow rather than rain.

**[桜吹雪【さくらふぶき】](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/87191/meaning/m0u/)**

> 桜の花びらが風に乱れ散るようすを吹雪にたとえていう語。  
>  _a word describing cherry petals whirling down in the wind by analogy with
> snowstorm_

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