花

Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)

'taru' adjective

blossoms falling in confusion

fourth month of the lunar calendar

Hanafuda

bakappana (type of hanafuda game)

hanging vase for flower arrangements; hanging flower vase

Proverb

once you're dead, that's it

corymbose inflorescence; corymb

pollen-free Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

pickling of unopened rape blossoms

Proverb

the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men

Poetical term

dew that trickles down from a flower

Idiomatic expression; From a quote by Su Shi

natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson

Proverb

spring is beautiful

Proverb

things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics

petal-scattering rain

powder-puff tree (Barringtonia racemosa)

Proverb

fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk

spike (inflorescence)

definite inflorescence

floriculture; flower gardening

citing or naming a variety of flowers

multi-flowered design

cryptogamous plants

hypanthium

centrifugal inflorescence

flower bud formation

pollen tube nucleus