a female given name

a female given name

a female given name

the grass is always greener on the other side

(literally) a scentless flower / (literary) Synonym of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) (precipitation)

(fiction) Hanahaki, an illness affecting those consumed by unrequited love that manifests as the coughing up of flowers, which clears up upon reciprocation. A fictional illness, it has found popularity among both Japanese and foreign online fanfic (especially) artists and authors for its poetic quality.

The chestnut or burr rose: a species of rose native to east Asia, Rosa roxburghii. Member of sub-genus Platyrhodon.

Clipping of 一千一夜物語 (Issen'ichiya Monogatari, “One Thousand and One Nights”).

One Thousand and One Nights

Good things don't last forever. Roses have thorns.