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
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
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
language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
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
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
floral decoration; floral ornament
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
bridal costume; wedding dress
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)
to engage in lively conversation
to give flowers as a gift
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
flower-shaped family crest
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
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)
to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers
outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); (lit.) even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia; Deutzia crenata
person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms); flower guard
price of a flower; fee for a geisha's companionship
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower
Catherine wheel (firework); pinwheel
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
happy-go-lucky person; dreamer; (lit.) intracranial flower garden
color of a flower (colour); light indigo; light blue
to reminisce; to engage in a lively conversation; to discuss mutual interests
thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; (lit.) flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late)
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
pyrotechnician; pyrotechnist
flowering tree; Japanese red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
type of conical hat adorned with flowers (used in Japanese traditional performing arts); hanagasa
hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite
cherry blossom viewing party
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
belle of society; queen of high society
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
garland; festoon (of flowers)
flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; name and reality; form and content; appearance and substance
vase; vase for floral offerings
flowers and water offered to Buddha; irrigation of a rice field during flowering
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
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief
flowers surrounded by ice
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
florist's scissors; flower scissors
Hanayagi school of Japanese dancing
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
blooming tachibana; tachibana flower
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school
sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi
dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
changing heart; fleeting heart; cheating heart; beautiful heart
to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive
floral raft; flower raft; Helwingia japonica (species of shrub); (arch.) oily perfume applied under white makeup
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)
sake drunk while viewing cherry blossoms
salt; crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter
cherry blossom viewing drinking party
once you're dead, that's it
algal bloom; water bloom; lotus flower; (arch.) Japanese sea perch; (arch.) Japanese sea bass
superior chef (Japanese cuisine)
moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi)
fancy kimono used for cherry blossom viewing; fancy kimono
mat with a floral or bulrush pattern
beautiful appearance of a woman
tournament other than the six major tournaments
flower thief; stealing flowers
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party
flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books
rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern
beauty such as to put a flower to shame
maintaining the quality of a flower; lasting quality of a cut flower
a flower-bedecked vehicle
the brilliance of cherry blossoms which illuminate the evening
the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped
traditional ballad sung wearing hanagasa (esp. Yamagata Pref.)
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
curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party
oregano (Origanum vulgare)
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
flower-shaped baked salt; sea salt crystals
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
flower-comparing contest (Heian period)
flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini); Eucetonia pilifera (flower chafer species of tribe Cetoniini)
flower lantern; Bon festival lantern that is decorated with artificial flowers or has a floral pattern
Japanese pampas grass in ear
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
(cherry) blossom front; flower front
sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis); dame's rocket; dame's violet; Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
hanging vase for flower arrangements; hanging flower vase
once you're dead, that's it
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers
prostitution in which services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")
Iris ensata; Higo Japanese iris
cardboard spinning top, shaped and coloured like a flower
dew that trickles down from a flower
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
condolence gift; gift brought to a (Christian) funeral; flower money
tiredness after cherry blossom watching
hanakuruma camellia (Camellia japonica var.)
rabbity six (standard dead shape in go); rabbitty six
commemoration of the Buddha's birthday
citing or naming a variety of flowers; multi-flowered design
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
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
Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)
wood cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis crispa); wood cauliflower fungus
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
ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita)
wrestling outside the formal tournaments; wrestling just for fun
third month of the lunar calendar