to feel / to sense / to experience

to bloom / to make white waves appear

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

a flower / Short for 生け花 (ikebana): flower arrangement / Short for 花札 (hanafuda): Japanese playing cards / the best days of one's life / the best thing / essence

spring (season)

the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume / a white plum blossom, as opposed to 紅梅 (kōbai, “red plum blossom”) / the lowest of a three-level rank system

(archaic, obsolete) the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume

a female given name / a surname

(usually in Chinese contexts) the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume / (historical, colloquial) Synonym of 天神 (tenjin): the second-highest ranked prostitute in Edo-period Kamigata, below the 大夫 (tayū)

plum / Short for 梅雨 (baiu): East Asian rainy season / Short for 梅毒 (baidoku): syphilis