noun:

• Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to reminisce; to engage in a lively conversation; to discuss mutual interests

noun:

• red flower

noun:

• flower placement in a hanging vessel

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

noun:

• vase

noun:

• prefectural flower; floral emblem for a prefecture

noun:

• flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini)
• Eucetonia pilifera (flower chafer species of tribe Cetoniini)

noun:

• snowflake - poetical term

noun:

• granitic magma

noun:

• Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)

noun:

• Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) ➜ ハイビスカス

noun:

• tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea ➜ 沢紫陽花【さわあじさい】

noun:

• rush mat with a floral or bulrush pattern

noun:

• bumblebee (Bombus sp.); bumble bee

noun:

• Kibana rhododendron; Rhododendron metternichii var.

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give flowers as a gift

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist

noun:

• hana awase (type of hanafuda game) ➜ 花札
• flower-comparing contest (Heian period) ➜ 花競べ

noun:

• bridesmaid

noun:

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

noun:

• granodiorite

noun:

• fragrance of flowers

noun:

• thank God it's Friday; TGIF; going out on Friday night; flowery Friday (when young men et al. stay out late) [literal] - from 花の金曜日