flowers; many flowers; blossoms
Emphasizes a multitude or variety of flowers; often used in poetic or descriptive contexts.
Colorful flowers are blooming in the garden.
In spring, the park becomes full of flowers.
adverb taking the 'to' particle
beautiful; spectacular; gorgeous
Adverbial use with と, describing something as splendid or showy, often in a literary or emphatic style.
She appeared at the party dressed up gorgeously.
Standard kanji spelling using the repetition mark 々.
Variant spelling without the repetition mark; less common but still encountered.
Reduplication of 花 (はな, 'flower') with rendaku voicing, yielding はなばな. The adverbial sense likely derives from the image of flowers as splendid or showy.