cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement; flower
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms); flower guard
oregano (Origanum vulgare)
hanagasa; conical hat adorned with flowers; used in Japanese traditional performing arts
flowers and water offered to Buddha; irrigation of a rice field during flowering
peppermint stick (species of perennial evergreen, Alpinia japonica)
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)
price of a flower; fee for a geisha's companionship
bunch of flowers; bouquet
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
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
Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)
Friday (when one feels excited about the weekend)
Friday (when one feels excited about the weekend)
chamomile sunray (Rhodanthe anthemoides)
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
maintaining the quality of a flower; lasting quality of a cut flower
Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)
adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum)
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
one flower; single flower; success; prosperity
floral pattern; flourish; ornament
floral decoration; floral ornament
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
flower basket; flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
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
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)
City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
flower tea; tea made from or flavored with flower petals
flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower
flower picking; flower gathering
color of a flower (colour); light indigo; light blue
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
hot-spring mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite; sinter
snowdrop (Galanthus spp.); snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower; red snow
flowering tree; Japanese red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
garland; festoon (of flowers)
belle of society; queen of high society
children's game in which two groups compete for members by playing janken
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)
vase; vase for floral offerings
gale during cherry blossom season; storm of cherry blossom petals
spring starflower (Ipheion uniflorum); springstar
hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist
streetcar decorated with flowers (oft. in celebration or commemoration)
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
algal bloom; water bloom; lotus flower; (arch.) Japanese sea bass
salt; crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter
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
rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern
headband (on the spine of a book)
Japanese pampas grass in ear
female office worker; (lit.) flower of the office
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
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
Hall's crab apple; flowering crab apple; Malus halliana
hollyhock (Althaea rosea)
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
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)
hoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid; drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana); obedient plant
glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
pink quill (Tillandsia cyanea)
sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis); dame's rocket; dame's violet; Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
Polemonium kiushianum (species of Jacob's ladder)
commemoration of the Buddha's birthday
woman as pretty as a flower
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)
pickling of unopened rape blossoms
tiredness after cherry blossom watching
dew that trickles down from a flower
rabbity six (standard dead shape in go); rabbitty six
(cherry) blossom front; flower front
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)