花はな吹雪ふぶき

noun

falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms

Poetic term for cherry blossom petals falling like a snowstorm. Often used in haiku and literary descriptions of spring.

• 風かぜが吹ふくたびに、花はな吹雪ふぶきが舞まい上あがった。

  Whenever the wind blew, a storm of cherry blossoms swirled up.

• 公こう園えんの池いけに花はな吹雪ふぶきが降ふり注そそいでいた。

  A flurry of cherry blossoms was falling onto the pond in the park.