花の宴

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
はな
Grade: 1
えん
Grade: S
kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

Literally “flower banquet,” i.e. a banquet under the cherry blossoms.

Pronunciation

Noun

(はな)(えん) (hana no en

  1. a drinking and flower viewing party under the cherry blossoms
  2. a spicy-bitter 真那賀 (manaka)-class of incense and one of the sixty-one famous named incense varieties

Proper noun

(はな)(えん) (Hana no En

  1. the eighth chapter of The Tale of Genji

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN