flower / red-light district

Synonym of 梅の花 (ume no hana, “plum blossoms”) / Synonym of 菊の花 (kiku no hana, “chrysanthemum flowers”) / Synonym of 桜の花 (sakura no hana, “cherry blossoms”) / (colloquial) an imperial prince

one's nature / characteristic / sex, gender / content

the nature of something

-ity, -ness, the nature of quality or something

one's nature / characteristic

gender identity

Synonym of オレガノ (“oregano”)

(idiomatic): "dango instead of flowers", substance over form → indicating a preference for the practical over the purely aesthetic, preferring dango (which are tasty and nutritious) rather than flowers (which are merely decorative)

(euphemistic) the moon