showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
artificial hairpin with ornamental flowers; chamomile sunray (Rhodanthe anthemoides)
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia; Deutzia crenata
children's game in which two groups compete for members by playing janken
flower basket; flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
bunch of flowers; bouquet
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
vase; vase for floral offerings
mat with a floral or bulrush pattern
one flower; single flower; success; prosperity
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
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)
color of a flower (colour); light indigo; light blue
blooming tachibana; tachibana flower
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
floral decoration; floral ornament
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
person who guards flowers (esp. cherry blossoms); flower guard
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower
hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite
person who steals flowers (esp. cherry blossoms)
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
salt; crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter
rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern
Japanese pampas grass in ear
language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
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
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
to give flowers as a gift
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
one too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); (lit.) even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
price of a flower; fee for a geisha's companionship
thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; (lit.) flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late)
thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; (lit.) flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late)
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
rain falling on cherry blossoms; rain at the time of the blossoming of cherry trees
ornate initial; capital letters; flowers planted to form characters
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)
strong awamori (60%) from Yonaguni Island, Okinawa
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; name and reality
Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata
flowers and water offered to Buddha; irrigation of a rice field during flowering
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)
oregano (Origanum vulgare)
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
algal bloom; water bloom; lotus flower; (arch.) Japanese sea perch; (arch.) Japanese sea bass
cherry blossom viewing drinking party
widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); (lit.) flowers of Edo
superior chef (Japanese cuisine)
moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi)
scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
flower thief; stealing flowers
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
beauty such as to put a flower to shame
flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books
peppermint stick (species of perennial evergreen, Alpinia japonica)
maintaining the quality of a flower; lasting quality of a cut flower
news of cherry blossom blooming conditions; tidings of flowers
a flower-bedecked vehicle
the brilliance of cherry blossoms which illuminate the evening
the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped
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
paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)
curtains hung (from trees or poles) during a flower-viewing party
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
to crown beauty with even greater beauty
Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)
Hall's crab apple; flowering crab apple; Malus halliana
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
citing or naming a variety of flowers; multi-flowered design
citing or naming a variety of flowers; multi-flowered design
commemoration of the Buddha's birthday
woman as pretty as a flower
hoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid; drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
condolence gift; gift brought to a (Christian) funeral; flower money
once you're dead, that's it
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers
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)
false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana); obedient plant
pickling of unopened rape blossoms
tiredness after cherry blossom watching
glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
pink quill (Tillandsia cyanea)
dew that trickles down from a flower
sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis); dame's rocket; dame's violet; Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
rabbity six (standard dead shape in go); rabbitty six
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) other people's flowers are redder
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
Polemonium kiushianum (species of Jacob's ladder)