encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia (Deutzia crenata)
children's game in which two groups compete for members by playing janken
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
one flower; single flower; success; prosperity
bunch of flowers; bouquet
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement; flower
vase; vase for floral offerings
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms); flower guard
City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)
flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
hot-spring mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite; sinter
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
salt; crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter
Japanese pampas grass in ear
to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread
language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love); floriography
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
floral decoration; floral ornament
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; name and reality
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
flower basket; flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
to let (someone) have the credit (for); (lit.) to let (someone) hold the flowers
to give flowers as a gift
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
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)
one too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); (lit.) even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
flower tea; tea made from or flavored with flower petals
price of a flower; fee for a geisha's companionship
Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)
flower picking; flower gathering
Friday (when one feels excited about the weekend)
color of a flower (colour); light indigo; light blue
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
hanagasa; conical hat adorned with flowers; used in Japanese traditional performing arts
flowering tree; Japanese red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
garland; festoon (of flowers)
belle of society; queen of high society
rain falling on cherry blossoms; rain at the time of the blossoming of cherry trees
person who steals flowers (esp. cherry blossoms)
ornate initial; capital letters; flowers planted to form characters
strong awamori (60%) from Yonaguni Island, Okinawa
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
gale during cherry blossom season; storm of cherry blossom petals
hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist
spring starflower (Ipheion uniflorum); springstar
streetcar decorated with flowers (oft. in celebration or commemoration)
flowers and water offered to Buddha; irrigation of a rice field during flowering
cherry blossom viewing drinking party
florist's scissors; flower scissors
cloth-dyeing technique incorporating flower patterns
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)
blooming tachibana; tachibana flower
floral raft; flower raft; Helwingia japonica (species of shrub); (arch.) oily perfume applied under white makeup
oregano (Origanum vulgare)
to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive
algal bloom; water bloom; lotus flower; (arch.) Japanese sea bass
superior chef (Japanese cuisine)
widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); (lit.) flowers of Edo
mat with a floral or bulrush pattern
moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons
flower thief; stealing flowers
scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
beauty such as to put a flower to shame
rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern
headband (on the spine of a book)
peppermint stick (species of perennial evergreen, Alpinia japonica)
female office worker; (lit.) flower of the office
maintaining the quality of a flower; lasting quality of a cut flower
paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)
Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana (2003 song by SMAP)
news of cherry blossom blooming conditions; tidings of flowers
citing or naming a variety of flowers; multi-flowered design
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
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) the neighbour's flowers are redder
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
curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party
hollyhock (Althaea rosea)
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
to crown beauty with even greater beauty
Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)
Hall's crab apple; flowering crab apple; Malus halliana
flowering camellia; camellia flower
flower-comparing contest (Heian period)
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
Paris green; emerald green
lau hoa (Vietnamese flower hotpot)
adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum)
commemoration of the Buddha's birthday
woman as pretty as a flower
hoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid; drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
once you're dead, that's it
reality can not compete with imagination; prospect is often better than possession
flower charcoal (whereby a flower, seed, branch, or other item of flora is carbonized as is, retaining its form)
false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana); obedient plant
pickling of unopened rape blossoms
tiredness after cherry blossom watching
glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
pink quill (Tillandsia cyanea)
dew that trickles down from a flower
sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis); dame's rocket; dame's violet; Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
rabbity six (standard dead shape in go); rabbitty six
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) other people's flowers are redder
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
(cherry) blossom front; flower front
Polemonium kiushianum (species of Jacob's ladder)
lingering flower; flower that remains (on the branch)
The International Garden and Greenery Exposition (1990) (abbr); Expo '90
Hanamaki Special Needs School (older name style)