flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
bunch of flowers; bouquet
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
fireworks display; display of fireworks
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
flurry of snow in a clear sky; winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops; skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever
one flower; single flower; success; prosperity
to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love); floriography
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
floral decoration; floral ornament
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
bridal costume; wedding dress
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)
to engage in lively conversation
to let (someone) have the credit (for); (lit.) to let (someone) hold the flowers
to give flowers as a gift
flower-shaped family crest
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
one too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower
flower basket; flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers
flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)
City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)
outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); (lit.) even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia (Deutzia crenata)
going to the toilet (of a woman); relieving oneself; (lit.) flower picking
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms); flower guard
flower tea; tea made from or flavored with flower petals
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
price of a flower; fee for a geisha's companionship
flower picking; flower gathering
flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
happy-go-lucky person; dreamer; someone with their head in the clouds; (lit.) flower garden inside the brain
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
to reminisce; to engage in a lively conversation; to discuss mutual interests
color of a flower (colour); light indigo; light blue
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
Friday (when one feels excited about the weekend)
pyrotechnician; pyrotechnist
hot-spring mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite; sinter
flowering tree; Japanese red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
hanagasa; conical hat adorned with flowers; used in Japanese traditional performing arts
belle of society; queen of high society
artificial hairpin with ornamental flowers; chamomile sunray (Rhodanthe anthemoides)
snowdrop (Galanthus spp.); snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower; red snow
cherry blossom viewing party
rain falling on cherry blossoms; rain at the time of the blossoming of cherry trees
to flourish briefly (esp. before retiring or stopping); to have a day in the limelight; to have a stint of success
person who steals flowers (esp. cherry blossoms)
ornate initial; capital letters; flowers planted to form characters
strong awamori (60%) from Yonaguni Island, Okinawa
flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; name and reality; form and content; appearance and substance
garland; festoon (of flowers)
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
gale during cherry blossom season; storm of cherry blossom petals
flowers and water offered to Buddha; irrigation of a rice field during flowering
vase; vase for floral offerings
hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist
children's game in which two groups compete for members by playing janken
streetcar decorated with flowers (oft. in celebration or commemoration)
shaped ice with embedded flowers (e.g. a pillar, sphere, etc.); flowers preserved in ice
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement; flower
cherry blossom viewing drinking party
Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing
cloth-dyeing technique incorporating flower patterns
florist's scissors; flower scissors
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school
blooming tachibana; tachibana flower
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi
floral raft; flower raft; Helwingia japonica (species of shrub); (arch.) oily perfume applied under white makeup
spring starflower (Ipheion uniflorum); springstar
changing heart; fleeting heart; cheating heart; beautiful heart
sake drunk while viewing cherry blossoms
to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
once you're dead, that's it
hana-awase (type of hanafuda game); any hanafuda game involving matching cards from one's hand with cards of the same suit in the field (such as hachi-hachi, koi-koi); flower-comparing contest (Heian period)
Placamen tiara (species of venerid)
salt; crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter
handheld bamboo tube fireworks; fire-spraying tube
superior chef (Japanese cuisine)
algal bloom; water bloom; lotus flower; (arch.) Japanese sea bass
moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons
flower thief; stealing flowers
fancy kimono used for cherry blossom viewing; fancy kimono
mat with a floral or bulrush pattern
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
beautiful appearance of a woman
tournament other than the six major tournaments
scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party
female office worker; (lit.) flower of the office
headband (on the spine of a book)
Japanese pampas grass in ear
traditional ballad sung wearing hanagasa (esp. Yamagata Pref.)
oregano (Origanum vulgare)
beauty such as to put a flower to shame
rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern
maintaining the quality of a flower; lasting quality of a cut flower
long rains (in early summer)
a flower-bedecked vehicle
the brilliance of cherry blossoms which illuminate the evening
the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped
to be intoxicated with the blossoms
citing or naming a variety of flowers; multi-flowered design
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) the neighbour's flowers are redder
curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party
the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men
news of cherry blossom blooming conditions; tidings of flowers
to crown beauty with even greater beauty
to crown beauty with even greater glory
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
fourth month of the lunar calendar
Paris green; emerald green
hollyhock (Althaea rosea)
flower-comparing contest (Heian period)
flower-shaped baked salt; sea salt crystals
lau hoa (Vietnamese flower hotpot)
flowering camellia; camellia flower
flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini); Eucetonia pilifera (flower chafer species of tribe Cetoniini)
reality can not compete with imagination; prospect is often better than possession
indoor cherry blossom viewing
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) other people's flowers are redder
woman as pretty as a flower
always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; (lit.) not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain
handheld fireworks (esp. sparklers)
sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis); dame's rocket; dame's violet; Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
(cherry) blossom front; flower front
something that comes too late to be of any use; arriving after the ship has sailed; (lit.) flowers that don't arrive in time for a Buddhist service
hanging vase for flower arrangements; hanging flower vase
once you're dead, that's it
prostitution in which services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")
lingering flower; flower that remains (on the branch)
Iris ensata; Higo Japanese iris
Hanamaki Special Needs School (older name style)
cardboard spinning top, shaped and coloured like a flower
dew that trickles down from a flower
condolence gift; gift brought to a (Christian) funeral; flower money
blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung
tiredness after cherry blossom watching
rabbity six (standard dead shape in go); rabbitty six
commemoration of the Buddha's birthday
flower charcoal (whereby a flower, seed, branch, or other item of flora is carbonized as is, retaining its form)
it is no crime to steal flowers
flower lantern; Bon festival lantern that is decorated with artificial flowers or has a floral pattern
pickling of unopened rape blossoms
Iris ensata; Ise Japanese iris
Iris ensata; Edo Japanese iris
to come alive (once again); to spring back into life; (lit.) for flowers to blossom out of a fried bean
Hall's crab apple; flowering crab apple; Malus halliana
bumblebee (Bombus sp.); bumble bee
California poppy (Eschscholzia californica); golden poppy
peppermint stick (species of perennial evergreen, Alpinia japonica)
paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus); grampus
cauliflower fungus (Sparassis crispa); cauliflower mushroom
Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)
adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum)
Misumenops tricuspidatus (species of crab spider)
pink quill (Tillandsia cyanea)
glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
Polemonium caeruleum subsp. yezoense var. nipponicum (variety of Jacob's ladder)
Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)
Polemonium kiushianum (species of Jacob's ladder)
kamraj (Helminthostachys zeylanica); tunjuk-langit; di wu gong
mining bee (of family Andrenidae)
bee (any insect of the clade Anthophila)
spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna); long-nose grey shark
hoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid; drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana); obedient plant
Gandalfus yunohana (crab species)
ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita)
third month of the lunar calendar
dying with the first safflower of the year