花の宴

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

  • (Tokyo) なのえ [hàná nó éꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠ no̞ ẽ̞ɴ]

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