(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)

the usual, ordinary

always, invariably, all the time / usually / (with a negative verb) never

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

(literary) they (about women or girls)

(especially of a person) type, kind, sort / Clipping of タイプライター (taipuraitā, “typewriter”).

type (to enter using a typewriter or keyboard)

being a type (that one likes)

a dango (round sticky dumpling made from uruchi (non-glutinous) rice flour mixed with glutinous rice flour) / (by extension) something round as a ball / (colloquial) a bunch, lump / (colloquial) a bullet