紙かみ花ばな

noun

paper flower

Only when written 紙花

General term for a flower made of paper, used in crafts or decorations.

• 子こ供どもたちは紙かみ花ばなを作つくって教きょう室しつを飾かざった。

  The children made paper flowers and decorated the classroom.

noun

funeral paper flower

Only when written 紙花

Specifically a decorative paper flower used in funeral rites or placed on the deceased.

• 葬そう儀ぎで棺ひつぎに紙かみ花ばなを手た向むけた。

  At the funeral, they offered paper flowers on the coffin.

noun

paper tip (red-light district)

Only with reading かみばな

Archaic term for a piece of paper given as a gratuity in a red-light district, exchangeable for money later. Reading restricted to かみばな.

See also: 小菊

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、遊ゆう郭かくでは紙かみ花ばなが心こころ付づけとして使つかわれた。

  In the Edo period, paper tips were used as gratuities in the pleasure quarters.