花はな水みず

noun

flowers and water offered to Buddha

Buddhist term for the offering of flowers and water placed before a Buddha image or on a home altar.

• 毎まい朝あさ、仏ぶつ壇だんに花はな水みずを供そなえる。

  Every morning I offer flowers and water at the family Buddhist altar.

noun

irrigation of a rice field during flowering

Agricultural term for the practice of flooding a rice paddy while the rice plants are in bloom.

• 開かい花か期きの花はな水みずは稲いねの実みのりに重じゅう要ようだ。

  Irrigation during the flowering period is important for the rice harvest.