popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) abbreviation hanafuda noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- flower, blossom, bloom, petal
- cherry blossom
- beauty
- blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
- ikebana
- hanafuda
- (the) best
- glorious, lovely
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) abbreviation hanafuda prefix
- blue, azure
- green
- green light (traffic)
- black (horse coat color)
- blue 5-point card
- immature, unripe, young
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) mahjong card games hanafuda
- role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service
- position (of responsibility), post, office
- part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character
- scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone hanafuda
- insect, bug, cricket, moth
- worm, roundworm
- thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious
- nervousness, fretfulness
- person devoted to one thing, single-minded person
- valve core
- mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
popular JLPT N4 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb hanafuda
- to hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration)
- to lower, to reduce, to bring down
- to demote, to move back, to pull back
- to clear (plates), to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
- to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
popular noun noun (generic) hanafuda
- three (long cylindrical things)
- three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
popular noun noun (generic) counter hanafuda
- kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
- kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period)
- counter for pieces of sushi
- 10 points
- 12 points
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb hanafuda
- seeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation
- playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) rare term hanafuda
- trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist
- plastron (in kendo), touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
- frame (of a drum, etc.), sound box (of a shamisen, etc.), hull (of a ship)
- dealer
popular noun noun (generic) hanafuda
- important task, important role, great duty, important mission
- major part (in a film, play, etc.), leading role
- high-scoring combination