noun:

• floral raft; flower raft; flower petals fallen on water, resembling a raft - poetical term
• Helwingia japonica (species of shrub) - usually written using kana alone
• oily perfume applied under white makeup - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• flower picking

noun:

• sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi

noun:

• tip (end) of the nose

noun:

• crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in New Guinea); Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia ➜ クロコダイルモニター

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to blow one's nose

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to humble someone

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have one's nose mutilated; to have one's nose cut off

noun:

• sake drunk while viewing cherry blossoms

noun:

• meeting head on

noun:

• color of a flower (colour)
• light indigo; light blue

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); even the flower blushes (before her beauty) [literal] - idiom

godan ~く verb:

• to bloom

noun / ~の noun:

• nasal speculum

expression:

• from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sneeze - archaism ➜ 嚏る【ひる】

noun:

• superior chef (Japanese cuisine)

noun:

• news of cherry blossom blooming conditions; tidings of flowers

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be closely crowded together

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to play hanafuda ➜ 花札

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom

noun:

• detached building; solitary house

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• (for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose