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

咲かせる

さかせる

to make 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

花咲蟹

はなさきがに はなさきガニ

blue king crab

花咲く

はなさく

to bloom

早花咲月

さはなさづき

third lunar month

花が咲く

はながさく

to bloom; to blossom

一花

ひとはな

success, one flower

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

花かるた

はなかるた はなカルタ

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

一泡吹かせる

ひとあわふかせる

to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans), to give someone a surprise, to give someone a blow, to scare the hell out of

槿花一日

きんかいちじつ

evanescent glory, passing prosperity

槿花一朝

きんかいっちょう

evanescent glory, passing prosperity

咲き誇る

さきほこる

to be in full bloom, to blossom in full glory, to be in fullness of bloom

咲き渡る

さきわたる

to bloom over a wide area

咲き残る

さきのこる

to bloom late, to remain in bloom

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

花を持たせる

はなをもたせる

to let someone have the credit for (a success), to let someone else carry the flowers

花かご

はなかご

flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals