話に花が咲く

はなしにはながさく

to reminisce, to engage in a lively conversation, to discuss mutual interests

炒り豆に花が咲く

いりまめにはながさく

to come alive (once again); to spring back into life; for flowers to blossom out of a fried bean

花咲く

はなさく

to bloom

花咲蟹

はなさきがに はなさきガニ

blue king crab

早花咲月

さはなさづき

third lunar month

咲く

さく

to bloom

桜咲く

さくらさく サクラさく

exam success

死んで花実が咲くものか

しんではなみがさくものか

once you're dead, that's it

一花咲かせる

to flourish briefly (esp. before retiring or stopping); to have a day in the limelight; to have a stint of success

花を咲かせる

はなをさかせる

to make lively, to become animated, to have fun talking about something

狂い咲く

くるいざく くるいさく

to bloom out of season

返り咲く

かえりざく

to come back, to bloom a second time

花開く

はなひらく

to blossom, to flower, to bloom

話に花を咲かせる

はなしにはなをさかせる

to engage in lively conversation

花がるた

はながるた はなガルタ

floral playing cards, Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit repr. a month indic. by a flower)

見ぬが花

みぬがはな

Prospect is often better than possession

上がり花

あがりばな

freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops)

死花花

しかばな

paper flower for a funeral

花を引く

はなをひく

to play hana cards