extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
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; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
flashiness; showiness; bloom; flowers; Republic of China
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947); nobility; aristocracy
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); Avatamska sutra; Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
essence; quintessence; flower; glory
People's Republic of China
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka
Republic of China; ROC; Taiwan; Republic of China (country controlling mainland China from 1912 to 1949)
bowl of rice topped with a chop-suey-like mixture
Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury
lavish; luxurious; showy; gaudy
capital; national capital
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)
to let (someone) have the credit (for); (lit.) to let (someone) hold the flowers
rikka; formal style of ikebana
simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant; popular no-frills Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
Japan and the Republic of China
Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); Tendai sect of Buddhism
bright light; wedding ceremony
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
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
simple, inexpensive Chinese restaurant; popular no-frills Chinese restaurant; hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant
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
empty show; frivolity; levity
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent
influx of Chinese pop culture (into Japan)
aristocratic class system; system of peerage ranks
ethnic Chinese (living abroad, esp. with non-Chinese citizenship); overseas Chinese
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
zinc white; zinc oxide; flowers of zinc
City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
concerning Taiwan; concerning the Republic of China
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
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
Japanese azalea (Rhododendron japonicum); renge azalea
visions of glory; evanescent glory
vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)
Greater China (incl. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and sometimes Singapore); Sinosphere
ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
cobalt bloom; erythrite; erythrine; red cobalt; cobalt ocher (ochre)
anthology (of poems); florilegium
sweet crescent-shaped confection of pancake-like sponge cake filled with adzuki paste; Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
fires and fistfights are the flowers of Edo
Jinhua ham (special Chinese ham)
overseas Chinese (esp. after 1978)
overseas Chinese (esp. before 1978)
offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.); floral tribute
sweet crescent-shaped confection of pancake-like sponge cake filled with adzuki paste; Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
bell-shaped window (usu. in temples)
China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land
Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)
heart-to-heart communication; thought transference; (lit.) holding a flower and subtly smiling
Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple)
Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis); China rose; shoeblack plant
monument at cemetery entrance
ceramic spoon; fallen lotus petal
hot-spring mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite; sinter
The Great (e.g. in film and book titles); The Grand
ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background
to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread
Friday (when one feels excited about the weekend)
algal bloom; water bloom; lotus flower; (arch.) Japanese sea bass
Washington, D.C. (United States); Washington (US state)
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
oiran; highest-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
frivolity; superficiality; fickleness; lack of substance
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)
calcareous sinter; travertine
narcissus anemone (Anemone narcissiflora); narcissus-flowered anemone
flowers of sulfur; flowers of sulphur
ideal land; perfect country; afternoon nap
Huazhong University of Science & Technology; HUST
world of ikebana; ikebana circles
flower or branch fastened in the hair
lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base
South China Agricultural University; SCAU
South China University of Technology; SCUT
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
tea ceremony and flower arranging
to seek results, not show; (lit.) to discard the flower for the fruit
flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image
beautiful dew; comparing the beauty of dew to that of a flower
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
flower offering; floral tribute; laying flowers
flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
Chinese dumpling; Chinese steamed bun
wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury
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
female office worker; (lit.) flower of the office
hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite
chee fah; chiffa; gambling game in which players buy a lined paper with 36 words on it and try and guess the word the dealer has chosen
citing or naming a variety of flowers; multi-flowered design
citing or naming a variety of flowers; multi-flowered design
zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)
flowery yet empty words; pretentious talk; insubstantial statements; Chinese (language)
Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)
bleeding heart; Dicentra spectabilis
Fahrenheit temperature; degrees Fahrenheit
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
service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival
gendaika; modern, non-traditional school of ikebana
sublimation printing; sublimation transfer
authentic Chinese food (served at a Chinese-run restaurant); authentic Chinese restaurant
Hoa (people); Vietnamese Chinese (people)
Chinese chef's knife (resembles a cleaver)
Center China Normal University; CCNU
South China Normal University
Koka Women's College (former name)
National Tsing Hua University; NTHU
Xinhua News Agency; New China News Agency
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna); long-nose grey shark
Anemone raddeana (species of anemone flower)
rock pine (Orostachys japonica)
Anemone pseudoaltaica (anemone species)
Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum)