| 生け花 | いけばな | flower arrangement |
| お花見 | おはなみ | (vs) cherry-blossom viewing/flower viewing/ |
| 葵花 | きか | sunflower/ |
| 異境に培われた花 | いきょうにつちかわれたはな
| flower grown in a foreign land/ |
| 一花 | ひとはな
| (n) success/a flower/ |
| 隠花植物 | いんかしょくぶつ
| (n) cryptogamic plants/ |
| 卯の花 | うのはな | (n) refuse from tofu/ |
| 雲鬢花顔 | うんびんかがん | beautiful woman (metaphorical)/ |
| 押し花 | おしばな
| (n) pressed flower/ |
| 黄花 | こうか
| (n) chrysanthemum/ |
| 火花 | ひばな
| (n) spark/(P)/ |
| 開花 | かいか
| (n,vs) blooming/ |
| 活け花 | いけばな
| (n) (1) flower arrangement/ |
| 菊の花 | きくのはな
| chrysanthemum/(P)/ |
| 菊花 | きくか
| (n) chrysanthemum/ |
| 菊花 | きっか
| (n) chrysanthemum/ |
| 極楽鳥花 | ごくらくちょうか
| bird of paradise flower/Strelitzia
reginae/ |
| 金鳳花 | きんぽうげ | (n) a buttercup/ |
| 金盞花 | きんせんか
| (n) marigold/ |
| 献花 | けんか
| (n,vs) flower offering/ |
| 顕花植物 | けんかしょくぶつ
| (n) flowering plant/(P)/ |
| 言わぬが花 | いわぬがはな
| (exp,n) some things are better left
unsaid/silence is golden/ |
| 紅花 | べにばな | (n) safflower/ |
| 高嶺の花 | たかねのはな | unattainable/ |
| 国花 | こっか | (n) national flower/ |
| 桜花 | おうか
| (n) cherry blossom/(P)/ |
| 桜花 | さくらばな
| (n) cherry blossom/ |
| 桜花爛漫 | おうからんまん | riot of cherry blossoms/ |
| 山茶花 | さざんか | (n) sasanqua (camellia)/ |
| 残花 | ざんか
| (n) (last) flower remaining in bloom/ |
| 仕掛け花火 | しかけはなび | fireworks piece/ |
| 死に花 | しにばな
| (n) a blooming cut flower/glorious
death/ |
| 紙花 | かみばな | (n) paper flowers/paper flowers for a
funeral/ |
| 紫陽花 | あじさい
| (gikun) (n) hydrangea/ |
| 雌花 | めばな
| (n) female flower/(P)/ |
| 州の花 | しゅうのはな
| state flower/ |
| 出花 | でばな
| (n) first brew of tea/ |
| 初花 | はつはな
| (n) first flower of the season or year/first
flowering on a plant/first menstruation/ |
| 女郎花 | おみなえし | (n) patrinia (name of flower)/ |
| 水中花 | すいちゅうか | (n) type of artificial flower which "blossoms" when
placed in water/ |
| 杉花粉症 | すぎかふんしょう | (n) cedar pollen allergy/ |
| 生け花 | いけばな
| (n) (1) flower arrangement/(P)/ |
| 生花 | いけばな
| (n) (1) flower arrangement/(P)/ |
| 生花 | せいか
| (n) (1) flower arrangement/(2) fresh
flowers/ |
| 盛り花 | もりばな | (n) flower arrangement in a built-up style/ |
| 石南花 | しゃくなげ | (n) rhododendron/ |
| 石楠花 | しゃくなげ
| (n) rhododendron/ |
| 切り花 | きりばな
| (n) cut flowers/ |
| 雪花 | せっか
| (n) snowflakes/ |
| 雪花菜 | おから | (n) residue left after making tofu/ |
| 雪月花 | せつげっか | (n) snow, moon, and flowers/ |
| 仙花紙 | せんかし | (n) reclaimed paper/ |
| 線香花火 | せんこうはなび
| toy fireworks/ |
| 鼠花火 | ねずみはなび | (n) pinwheel/ |
| 挿し花 | さしばな | (n) flowers in a vase or lapel/ |
| 挿花 | そうか
| (n) flower arrangement/ |
| 総花 | そうばな
| (n) all-around/across-the-board/ |
| 総花式 | そうばなしき | across-the-board (policy)/ |
| 総状花序 | そうじょうかじょ
| racemous inflorescence/raceme/ |
| 草花 | くさばな
| (n) flower/flowering plant/(P)/ |
| 草花 | そうか
| (n) flower/flowering plant/ |
| 造花 | ぞうか
| (n) artificial flowers/artificial flower
making/ |
| 打ち上げ花火 | うちあげはなび | (n) skyrocket (firework)/ |
| 丹花 | たんか
| (n) red flower/ |
| 単性花 | たんせいか | (n) unisexual flower/ |
| 単弁花 | たんべんか | (n) single-petaled flower/ |
| 虫媒花 | ちゅうばいか | (n) entomophilous flower/ |
| 鳥媒花 | ちょうばいか | (n) ornithophilous flower (e.g., pollinated by
birds)/ |
| 沈丁花 | じんちょうげ
| (n) daphne (flower)/ |
| 沈丁花 | ちんちょうげ | (n) daphne (flower)/ |
| 釣り花 | つりばな
| (n) flower placement in a hanging
vessel/ |
| 天花 | てんか | snow/ |
| 天花粉 | てんかふん
| (n) talcum powder/ |
| 徒花 | あだばな
| (exp,n) non-fruit-bearing flower/something that
is flashy with no content/ |
| 桃の花の香り | もものはなのかおり
| fragrance of peach blossom/ |
| 桃花 | とうか
| (n) (rare) peach blossom/ |
| 湯の花 | ゆのはな
| (n) hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling
flowers)/ |
| 湯花 | ゆばな | (n) hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling
flowers)/ |
| 南京花火 | なんきんはなび | firecracker/ |
| 波乃花 | なみのはな | salt/crest of a wave/ |
| 梅花 | ばいか
| (n) ume (plum) blossoms/ |
| 鉢の花 | はちのはな
| flower in a pot/ |
| 彼岸花 | ひがんばな | (n) cluster amaryllis/ |
| 尾花 | おばな
| (n) Japanese pampas grass/ |
| 尾状花 | びじょうか | catkin/ |
| 百花 | ひゃっか | (n) all varieties of flowers/many flowers/ |
| 百花斉放 | ひゃっかせいほう
| (n) "Let a hundred flowers blossom"/"Hundred
Flowers" campaign/ |
| 百花繚乱 | ひゃっかりょうらん
| (n) many flowers blooming in profusion/a
gathering of many beautiful women/simultaneous emergence of many talents and
achievements/ |
| 風媒花 | ふうばいか
| (n) wind-pollinated flower/ |
| 仏壇に花を上げる | ぶつだんにはなをあ
げる | (exp) to offer flowers before the family
Buddhist altar/ |
| 壁の花 | かべのはな | one too shy to actively join in the
party/wallflower/ |
| 穂状花序 | すいじょうかじょ | spike (type of plant)/ |
| 墓に花を供える | はかにはなをそなえる | (exp) to offer flowers on a tomb/ |
| 鳳仙花 | ほうせんか | (n) (garden) balsam/ |
| 無花果 | いちじく | (n) fig/ |
| 無駄花 | むだばな
| (n) blossom which fails to produce
fruit/ |
| 名花 | めいか | (n) celebrated flower/beautiful woman/ |
| 棉花 | めんか | (n) raw cotton/cotton wool/ |
| 綿花 | めんか
| (n) raw cotton/cotton wool/ |
| 野の花 | ののはな
| wild flowers/ |
| 有限花序 | ゆうげんかじょ
| definite inflorescence/ |
| 雄花 | おばな | (n) male flower/ |
| 落花 | らっか
| (n) falling petals/ |
| 落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず | らっかえだにかえ
らずはきょうふたたびてらさず | (exp) 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/ |
| 落花生 | らっかせい | (n) peanut/ |
| 落花狼藉 | らっかろうぜき | running amuck/committing violence on/in utter
disorder/ |
| 李花 | りか | plum
blossoms/ |
| 梨花 | りか | (n) pear
blossoms/ |
| 離弁花 | りべんか
| (n) schizopetalous flower/ |
| 両手に花 | りょうてにはな | two blessings at once/flanked by two beautiful
women/ |
| 両性花 | りょうせいか
| (n) androgynous flower/bisexual
flower/ |
| 凌霄花 | のうぜんかずら | (n) great
trumpet flower (Campsis chinensis)/trumpet creeper/ |
| 浪花 | なにわ
| Naniwa (former name for Osaka
region)/ |
| 浪花節 | なにわぶし
| (n) naniwabushi/a kind of sung narrative
popular during Edo period/ |
| 六花 | りっか | (n) snow/ |
| 茉莉花
| まつりか | (n)
jasmine (Jasminum sambac)/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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