a Japanese magnolia; a Japanese michelia (Magnolia compressa)

a tree; more specifically, a living tree / the bent and gnarled trunk or roots of an old tree / wood, lumber / something made of wood / in ancient China, a wooden musical instrument

garden

(archaic) beautiful

beautiful

hypothetical and imperative forms of 咲く (saku) [godan]

to bloom / to make white waves appear

traditional folk song of Amami / (more broadly) traditional folk song of Okinawa

To do something completely (unintentionally); cannot help doing

indicates that something undesirable was done or happened