noun:

• wedding ceremony

noun:

• wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor - four character idiom

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• ultra-luxurious; lavish ➜ 豪華

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs ➜ 結跏趺坐
• lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal

noun:

• algal bloom; water bloom ➜ 青粉【あおこ】
• lotus flower
• Japanese sea perch; Japanese sea bass - archaism - female language ➜ 鱸

noun:

• offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.); floral tribute

noun:

• Sinocentrism

noun:

• central China

noun:

• Japan and China

noun:

• Kegon (sect of Buddhism)

noun:

• China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land

noun:

• heart-to-heart communication; thought transference; holding a flower and subtly smiling [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• South China

noun:

• Avatamska sutra

noun:

• red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka ➜ 彼岸花【ひがんばな】

~たる adjective / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent - four character idiom

noun:

• national pride

noun:

• flower of chivalry (Bushido)

noun:

• ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 七殿・十七殿

noun:

• Fahrenheit temperature; degrees Fahrenheit

noun:

• Anemone raddeana (species of anemone flower)

expression:

• fights and fires are Edo's flowers - proverb ➜ 江戸の華

adjectival noun / noun:

• empty show; frivolity; levity

pre-noun adjectival:

• The Great (e.g. in film and book titles); The Grand

noun / adjectival noun:

• luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent - four character idiom