Hualien (a city and county on the east coast of Taiwan)

(botany) filament (stalk of a stamen in a flower)

Empire of Japan (official name of Japan under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1890-1947)

a female given name

a female given name

a female given name

a female given name

a female given name

(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.