a drinking and flower viewing party under the cherry blossoms / a spicy-bitter 真那賀 (manaka)-class of incense and one of the sixty-one famous named incense varieties

the eighth chapter of The Tale of Genji

(informal) easily defeatable / losing

(mahjong) flower tile (included in mahjong sets, but not used in Japanese mahjong gameplay)

(slang) most … up to this point in time

(slang) of the greatest levels up to this point in time

(literary) snow

bird of paradise (flower)

市立: (attributive, government, of an institution) the state of being established by a city's government; municipality

(botany) perianth