花

garden stock (Matthiola incana); gillyflower

safflower oil

Abbreviation; Proverb

even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly brewed

picture bride

cedar pollen allergy

cauliflower

(cherry) blossom front; flower front

Rare version

toy fireworks; sparklers

riot of cherry blossoms

to spoil a flower

firecracker

flowers blooming in moonlight

red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature

charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed

a flower-bedecked vehicle

mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned

pollen report

charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame

bridesmaid

traditional ballad sung wearing hanagasa (esp. Yamagata Pref.)

the beauties of nature and the harmony that exists between it and man (as the key poetic theme of a haiku)

Proverb

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder

to be intoxicated with the blossoms

beauty such as to put a flower to shame