花

ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background

fish skin with a granular texture, esp. shark and stingray

rough ceramic glaze (like sharkskin); rough enamel

bumblebee (Bombus sp.); bumble bee

cedar pollen allergy

Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis); China rose; shoeblack plant

Obon flower; flower placed on a shelf to welcome the spirits during Obon

(cherry) blossom front; flower front

ornamental flower; decorative sterile floret (of a composite flower)

riot of cherry blossoms

(last) flower remaining in bloom

firecracker

Food, cooking

tofu pudding; soybean pudding

buttercup (Ranunculus japonicus)

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

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

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

day of blooming

scum formed near the end of the indigo fermentation process

Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)

blossom which fails to produce fruit; non-fruit-bearing flower

Monochoria korsakowii (species of flowering plant)

Proverb

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

the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy

Hydrangeaceae (family comprising the hortensias (hydrangeas))

meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. nipponicus)