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

(idiomatic, especially in telegrams) Used in reference to an exam success.

(idiomatic) to pass an exam

flower / beauty / red-light district

flower / red-light district

Synonym of 梅の花 (ume no hana, “plum blossoms”) / Synonym of 菊の花 (kiku no hana, “chrysanthemum flowers”) / Synonym of 桜の花 (sakura no hana, “cherry blossoms”) / (colloquial) an imperial prince

sweet osmanthus / the flowers of the sweet osmanthus

(euphemistic) the moon