flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
snowdrop (Galanthus spp.); snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower; red snow
widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); (lit.) flowers of Edo
fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo
hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite
thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; (lit.) flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late)
algal bloom; water bloom; lotus flower; (arch.) Japanese sea perch; (arch.) Japanese sea bass
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
dew that trickles down from a flower
spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna); long-nose grey shark