華

はな
flower
petal

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I

か【華】

1 〔はなやかさ〕 brilliance; splendor.

●華を去り実につく go for the fruit rather than the flower; seek results, not show.

2 【化･鉱】 bloom; flowers.

亜鉛華 ⇒あえんか.

硫黄華 ⇒いおう².

II

はな【花･華】

1 【花】 〔草木の〕 (一般に, また特に観賞花) a flower; 〔果樹の〕 a blossom.

●切りたての花 fresh(ly cut) flowers

・生の花 a fresh [live] flower

・鉢植えの花 potted flowers

・大輪の花 a large [broad-petaled] flower

・バラの花 a rose

・枯れた花 a withered flower.

●花1 輪 a flower

・花1 束 a cluster [bunch] of flowers

・花1 枝 a spray of flowers.

●花が咲く. Flowers open. | Trees blossom [bloom]. | Buds come into flower [bloom].

・ヒガンバナは葉が出るより先に花が咲く. Red spider lilies blossom before the leaves come out.

・イネにも花が咲くのよ. You know that rice plants flower too.

・花が咲いている. The flowers are out. | The tree is in flower [bloom].

・この木にはたくさん花が咲いている. This tree bears many blossoms.

・この朝顔はもう花が咲かない. This morning glory is past blooming.

・花が長持ちする. The flowers last for quite a while [are quite durable].

・花が散った. The flowers have fallen [are gone]. | The tree is out of flower [bloom].

・花がしぼむ. The flowers wither [shrivel].

・花が実となる. A blossom develops into fruit.

●花に水をやる water the flowers.

●花の floral

・花の図案[装飾] floral designs [decorations]

・花のトンネル an avenue of blossoming trees

・花の贈り物 a floral gift

・花のような flowery; flowerlike

・花のような少女 a girl (as) pretty as a flower; a girl (as) fair as a May rose; a blooming girl

・花のある暮らし a life(style) enhanced by flowers; living among flowers

・花のない枝 a branch without blossoms; a flowerless branch

・花のない季節 a flowerless season; winter

・この花は花の時期が長い. This flower stays in bloom for a long while.

・花の咲いている木 a blossoming tree; a tree in flower

・花の咲く草木 a flowering plant

・花の咲くころ the flower season

・花の命は短くて苦しきことのみ多かりき 〔林芙美子の語〕 Like a flower's, this life is short and filled with pain.

●花を摘む pluck [pick, gather] flowers

・花を切る cut a flower

・花を手(_た)折る break off a spray of flowers

・花を植える[作る] raise [grow] flowers

・花をつける 〔木や草が〕 put forth flowers; come into flower

・花を咲かせる make flowers open [bloom]

・玄関に花を飾る decorate an entrance with flowers

・墓に花を手向ける offer a bunch of flowers before a tombstone

・記念碑に花を捧げる place a floral tribute at the foot of a monument.

●お花はいかが. Flowers to sell!

・花は桜木 人は武士. 〔「すぐれている」の意味で〕 The cherry among blossoms, the samurai among men. | 〔「潔い」の意味で〕 As the cherry blossoms know their time to fall, so the samurai is ever prepared to meet his fate.

・いい香りの花だね. These flowers have a lovely smell.

・ヒマワリは夏の花だ. The sunflower is a summer flower.

・隣の花は赤い. The flowers are always redder [brighter] in the neighbor's yard.

・彼女は花も恥じらう 17 歳だ. She's now 17 and so charming that even the flowers feel ashamed of their appearance.

2 【花】 〔桜〕 cherry blossoms.

●花の雲 a cloud of cherry blossoms

・花の便り news of the blooming of the cherries

・京都から花の便りが届きました. Word came from Kyoto that the cherries had started to bloom.

・花の宴(_うたげ) a cherry-viewing party [banquet].

●日本人には花をめでる習慣がある. Japanese have always been taken with the cherry blossoms.

・今年はどこの花を見に行こうか. Where shall we go to view the cherries this year?

●上野の花は今が見頃だ. The cherry blossoms at Ueno are at their best now.

3 【花】 〔花に似た形のもの〕 flowerlike; flower-shaped.

●波の花 wave caps resembling flowers

・雪の花 〔雪の一片〕 a flake [crystal] of snow; a snowflake; 〔花のように積もった雪〕 a flowerlike pattern in the (fallen) snow.

●霜が降りて草原に花が咲いた. The frost made flowerlike patterns on the steppes.

4 【花･華】 〔花に似て華やかなもの〕 a shining example 《of…》; the flower [pride, pearl, pick, glory] 《of…》.

●武士道の華 the flower of bushidō [chivalry].

●彼女には言うに言われぬ華がある. She just has a certain something about her (that is very appealing).

●花のお江戸 the fine [resplendent] city of Edo

・花の都パリ the gay city of Paris; gay Paris

・花の独身 one in the flower of bachelorhood

・花の金曜日 Thank God it's Friday! | TGIF

・花のある人 one with a sparkling personality [aura].

●火事とけんかは江戸の華. Fires and quarrels were salient among the Edo entertainments.

・彼女は一行の華だった. She was the rose of the party.

・陸上競技の華とも言うべきマラソンは大会最終日に行われます. The marathon, the centerpiece of track and field, is held on the last day of the meet.

5 【花】 〔女性のたとえ〕 a fair [lovely] woman.

●主(_あるじ)ある花 a married beauty

・社交界の花 a prominent society woman; the belle of society

・職場の花 the flower [belle] of the workplace [office, factory floor]

・壁の花 〔舞踏会で取り残された〕 a wallflower

・高嶺(_たかね)の花 ⇒たかね³

・両手に花 with a beauty on either arm.

6 【花】 〔最上の時〕 best days [times].

●人生の花 the flower of life [youth]; the golden season of life; the springtime of life

・ひと花咲かせる make a splash; do something to make the world sit up and take notice; make a name for oneself.

●彼女はあたら盛りの花を散らした. She was cut off in the flower of her prime.

●花も嵐も踏み越えて for better or for worse; through fair and foul [thick and thin].

●若いうちが花だ. You're only young once.

・彼は今が盛りの花だ. He is in the glory of his prime.

・あの人もあの頃が花だった. He was in his best days then. | Those were his best days.

・知ってしまえばそれまで, 知らないうちが花. Happiness is [One is better off] not knowing.

7 【花】 〔生け花〕 flower arrangement [arranging].

●お花の先生 a teacher of flower arrangement.

●花を活(_い)ける arrange flowers; put flowers in 《a vase》

・お花を習う take lessons in flower arrangement.

8 〔花札〕 a deck of Japanese playing cards with 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month of the year signified by a flower.

●花を引く play cards.

言わぬが花 Better leave it unsaid. | It is best left unsaid. | The less said (about it) the better. | Silence is golden [gold]. 【諺】

花が咲く 1 〔話などが盛んになる〕 《have the conversation》 become lively [animated].

●昔話に花が咲く grow warm with past reminiscences.

2 〔栄える〕 bloom; flower; reach a zenith; grow resplendent.

●また花が咲く時節もあるかもしれませんよ. Let us hope that there are still good times ahead of us.

花と咲く open like cherry blossoms.

●にわか雨の交差点に色とりどりの傘が花と咲いた. Umbrellas opened like cherry blossoms as a sudden rain pelted the intersection.

花と散る fall [scatter] like cherry blossoms

・ここは戦争であたら若い命を花と散らした画学生の遺作を集めた美術館です. This is a museum devoted to works left by art students who, during the war, fell like cherry blossoms in the spring of their youth.

花に風[嵐]. The cherries blossom only to scatter on the wind. | 〔いいことは長く続かない〕 Good things don't last.

花開く bloom; blossom; flower; come into flower [bloom]; effloresce.

●18 世紀には宮廷文化が花開いた. In the 18th century, court culture blossomed.

花も実もある have both looks and substance; be sound inside and out; 〔道理も人情も〕 be both just and compassionate.

●学者としての彼の生涯は花も実もあるものであったと言えよう. It would be fair to say that his life as a scholar saw both fame and accomplishment.

・花も実もある判決 a fair yet compassionate verdict.

花より団子 Dumplings rather than blossoms. | Bread is better than the song of the birds.

花を咲かせる 1 〔話などを盛り上がらせる〕 animate [enliven] 《a conversation》; discourse eloquently.

●思い出話に花を咲かせる reminisce with feeling.

2 〔栄えさせる〕 cause to bloom; succeed; put a finishing touch on 《one's career》.

●今一度花を咲かせる have a fair comeback

・引退する前に優勝して今一度花を咲かせたい. I'd like to win one last time and go out a winner.

花を持たせる save sb's face; let sb have the credit for 《the success》; shift the credit on to sb.

●〔演劇部の配役決めで〕 今回は卒業してゆく 3 年生に花を持たせよう. Let's give the graduating students a chance to shine (in the play).

花を添える decorate; grace; make colorful; add a graceful [colorful] touch 《to…》.

●はつらつとしたバトンガールたちが開会式に花を添えた. The lively baton twirlers added a special touch to the opening ceremony.

・錦上さらに花を添える ⇒きんじょう⁴.