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)

花かご

はなかご

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

花に浮かれる

はなにうかれる

to be intoxicated with the blossoms

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

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

死花花

しかばな

paper flower for a funeral

花を贈る

はなをおくる

to give flowers as a gift

花を観る

はなをみる

to view (cherry) blossoms, to look at flowers

花明かり

はなあかり

the brilliance of cherry blossoms which illuminate the evening

花

はな

flower, blossom, bloom, petal

無花被花

むかひか

achlamydeous flower, naked flower

花嫁花婿

はなよめはなむこ

bride and groom

話に花を咲かせる

はなしにはなをさかせる

to engage in lively conversation

花を傷める

はなをいためる

to spoil a flower

花を供える

はなをそなえる

to offer flowers (e.g. at grave), to leave flowers

花を添える

はなをそえる

to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace

かるた屋

カルタや

karuta maker; maker of traditional Japanese cards

歌かるた

うたかるた

utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them