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.

to each his own; different strokes for different folks; there's no accounting for taste

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

a Chinese white dolphin

very beautiful, said of a woman