かどう〔華道〕 〈名〉The art of flower-arrangement 　

はな〔花〕 〈名〉1. A flower:(木の花)a blossom:(草木ともに)a bloom ◆花が咲く　A flower opens or blooms―A tree blossoms―A plant flowers or comes into flower―A rose blows. ◆花が咲いた　The flowers are out―The blossoms are out. ◆煎豆に花が咲く　You might as well expect parched beans to flower. ◆女やもめに花が咲く　A widow will arouse interest. ◆また花の咲く時もあろう　I may again be at the top of Fortune's wheel. ◆話に花が咲く　The talk becomes animated. ◆花を咲かせる　to make a flower bloom―make a tree blossom―(評判を上げるの意味なら)―make a noise―create a sensation ◆枯木に花を咲かせる　to make a dead tree blossom ◆花を咲かせたこともある　I have made a noise in my time. ◆けんかに花を咲かせた　The quarrel created a sensation at the time. ◆ひと花咲かせようと思う　I mean to make a noise in the world. ◆花は半開　Flowers are best when half open. ◆花は半開、酒はほろ酔い　Moderation is the soul of enjoyment. ◆花が盛りだ　The flowers are in bloom―The trees are in blossom―The plants are in flower. ◆花は真盛り　The flowers are in full bloom―The trees are in full blossom―The plants are in full flower―The roses are full-blown. ◇時に逢わば散るも　Scatter to the mountain gale 　目出度し山桜　　　When please the powers above! 　愛づるは花の　　　For not alone in blossom full 　盛りのみかは　　　Do I thee, Cherry, love. ◆花が散る　Flowers fall―Blossoms fall. ◆花が散った　The flowers are over―The blossoms are over. ◆あたら盛りの花を散らす　She was cut off in the flower of her youth. ◆あたら蕾の花を散らした　She was cut off in the bud of womanhood. ◆あたら花を野で暮らす　She wastes her sweetness on the desert air. ◆花笑い鳥歌う　Flowers smile and birds sing. ◆花がしぼむ　A flower fades―A flower withers. ◆花がしおれる　A flower droops. ◆(朝顔などの)花が化ける　A flower varies―A flower sports. ◆花を作る　to raise flowers―cultivate flowers ◆花を生ける　to put flowers in a vase―arrange flowers ◆床の間に花が生けてある　In the alcove stands a vase of flowers. ◆花を摘む　to pick flowers―gather flowers ◆花を手折る(両意義において)　to pluck a flower ◆花に水をやる　to water the flowers ◆ひと枝の花　a sprig of blossoms―a spray of blossoms ◆時ならぬ花　a flower out of season ◆手の届く花は無い　There are no flowers within my reach. ◆花はあれども手が届かぬ　The flowers are out of my reach. ◆花はあれども及びが無い　The flowers are beyond my reach. ◆かんばせ花の如し　She is as fair as a flower. ◆花のかんばせ月の眉　a blooming face and crescent brows ◆窈窕{ようちょう}花の如し　She is as graceful as a flower. ◆花とも玉とも光る美人　a radiant beauty ◆花にたわむれる蝶　a butterfly fluttering from flower to flower ◆蝶よ花よと育てた娘　She was brought up with the tenderest care―“kept as the apple of their eye.” ◆花多ければ実少し　Good flowers are poor fruiters―Elegance and utility do not go together. ◇花も実もある　to be both interesting and instructive―both elegant and useful―to unite elegance with utility ◇隣の花は赤い　“Variety is the mother of enjoyment,” ◆錦上花を添える　to adorn perfection itself ◆(葬式に)花を贈る　to present a floral tribute 2. (=桜花)the cherry-blossom ◆花が咲いた　The cherry-trees are in blossom―The cherry-blossoms are out. ◆花は真盛り　The cherry-trees are in full blossom―We are in the height of the cherry season. ◆花のトンネルをくぐる　to pass through an avenue of cherry-blossoms ◆花は見頃だ　The cherry-blossoms are at their best. ◆花吹いて風雨多し　When the cherry-blossoms are out, so are the storms. ◇花には嵐　“Roses have thorns.” ◆花は桜木、人は武士　The cherry among flowers, the samurai among men. ◆月下花を賞す　to view the cherry-blossoms bathed in moonlight ◆花が散る　The blossoms fall―The blossoms laugh. ◆花がちらちら散る　Flower-petals flit in the wind. ◆もう花は散ったろう　The blossoms must be over. ◇咲いた桜に　Why tie thy steed 　何故駒繋ぐ　To a blossoming cherry-tree? 　駒が勇めば　The horse will prance, 　花が散る　　The blossoms scattered be. ◇花より団子　Pudding rather than fame. 3. 〈転意〉 ◆物いう花　a living flower ◆社交界の花　a society belle ◆鄙の花　the pride of the village ◆手生けの花　a kept mistress ◆手生けの花にする　to have her to oneself―call her one's own ◆他に増す花ができたらしい　There is somebody in the wind―Somebody is standing in my shoes. ◆売物に花を飾る　“No man cries stinking fish.” ◇花を持たせる　to yield the palm to the leading actor ◆花の都　the metropolis 4. (=粋)the essence, the flower (of anything) ◆武士道は日本の花　Bushido is the flower of Japan. ◆一座の花だ　He is the life of the party―the life and soul of the party. ◆器量は当座の花　“Beauty is a fragile good.” ◆若いうちが花だ　Youth is the flower of life. ◆世帯の苦労を知らないうちが花だ　Life is happy when one is still free from household cares. ◆彼はあの頃は花だった　He was at his best then. ◇言わぬが花　Better leave it unsaid―“The least said, the soonest mended”―“Silence is golden.” 5. (=生花)flower-arrangement ◆茶や花を習う　to take lessons in tea-ceremony and flower-arrangement 6. (=花札)the flower-cards (the Japanese playing-cards) ◆花を引く　to play (at) cards ◆花を引いている　They are at cards. ◆花を引いて夜を明かすことがある　They sometimes play the night away. ◆あの人は花が上手だ　He is a good card-player. 7. (=祝儀)a gratuity; a tip ◆女中に花をやる　to tip a girl ◆俳優に花をやる　to make a present of money to an actor 8. ◆湯の花　hot-spring incrustations