花月

かげつ

flowers and the moon

月雪花

つきゆきはな

moon, snow and flowers, beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi)

雪月花

せつげつか せつげっか

snow, moon, and flowers, beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi)

花残月

はなのこしづき

fourth lunar month

花見月

はなみづき

third lunar month

早花咲月

さはなさづき

third lunar month

花鳥風月

かちょうふうげつ

beauties of nature, the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics

鏡花水月

きょうかすいげつ

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface, something that is visible but having no substance, the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words

春花秋月

しゅんかしゅうげつ

spring flowers and the autumn moon, beauty of nature as it changes from season to season

卯の花月

うのはなづき

4th month of the lunar calendar

閉月羞花

へいげつしゅうか

charms of a uniquely beautiful woman, great beauty, (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt

花天月地

かてんげっち

flowers blooming in moonlight

羞花閉月

しゅうかへいげつ

the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides

羞月閉花

しゅうげつへいか

the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman, (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt

女郎花月

おみなえしづき

seventh lunar month

津

つ

harbour, harbor, port

津津浦浦

つつうらうら つづうらうら

all over the country, throughout the land, every nook and cranny of the land

月

がつ げつ つき

moon

死花花

しかばな

paper flower for a funeral