extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
lavish; luxurious; showy; gaudy
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
essence; quintessence; flower; glory
avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); Avatamska sutra; Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
bowl of rice with a chop-suey-like mixture on it
Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
Republic of China (Taiwan); ROC
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka
wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
capital; national capital
People's Republic of China
flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
rikka; formal style of ikebana
basic Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); Tendai sect of Buddhism
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs; lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal
empty show; frivolity; levity
influx of Chinese pop culture (into Japan)
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
zinc white; zinc oxide; flowers of zinc
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata); something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years); Japanese fiber banana flower; green lacewing eggs
ethnic Chinese (living abroad, esp. with non-Chinese citizenship); overseas Chinese
widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); (lit.) flowers of Edo
written seal; stylized signature
snowdrop (Galanthus spp.); snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower; red snow
vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
concerning Taiwan; concerning the Republic of China
Japanese azalea (Rhododendron japonicum); renge azalea
cobalt bloom; erythrite; erythrine; red cobalt; cobalt ocher (ochre)
monument at cemetery entrance
sweet crescent-shaped confection of pancake-like sponge cake filled with adzuki paste; Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.); floral tribute
overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)
overseas Chinese (esp. after 1978)
visions of glory; evanescent glory
fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo
Jinhua ham (special Chinese ham)
Greater China (incl. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and sometimes Singapore)
bell-shaped window (usu. in temples)
heart-to-heart communication; thought transference; (lit.) holding a flower and subtly smiling
anthology (of poems); florilegium
China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land
hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite
The Great (e.g. in film and book titles); The Grand
ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background
ceramic spoon; fallen lotus petal
Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)
Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
algal bloom; water bloom; lotus flower; (arch.) Japanese sea perch; (arch.) Japanese sea bass
sweet crescent-shaped confection of pancake-like sponge cake filled with adzuki paste; Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; (lit.) flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late)
Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple)
Washington, DC (United States); Washington (US state)
Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
frivolity; superficiality; fickleness; lack of substance
oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
flower or branch fastened in the hair
ideal land; perfect country; afternoon nap
world of ikebana; ikebana circles
wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
flowers of sulfur; flowers of sulphur
beautiful dew; comparing the beauty of dew to that of a flower
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base
flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
flower offering; floral tribute; laying flowers
Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury
flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; form and content; appearance and substance
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs; lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal
ceramic spoon; fallen lotus petal
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)
hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite
to seek results, not show; (lit.) to discard the flower for the fruit
bleeding heart; Dicentra spectabilis
flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image
Fahrenheit temperature; degrees Fahrenheit
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism)
Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)
Chinese restaurant syndrome; CRS
dew that trickles down from a flower
deposition (phase transition); desublimation
Buddha's birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month)
gendaika; modern, non-traditional school of ikebana
false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)
zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna); long-nose grey shark
Anemone raddeana (species of anemone flower)