花はな筏いかだ

noun

floral raft; flower petals floating on water

Poetic image of flower petals fallen on water, resembling a raft. Used in traditional Japanese poetry and seasonal descriptions.

• 春はるの小お川がわに花はな筏いかだが流ながれている。

  A floral raft is drifting on the spring stream.

noun

Helwingia japonica (shrub)

A shrub species native to East Asia. The name comes from the way its flowers appear to float on the leaves like a raft. Usually written in katakana as ハナイカダ.

• ハナイカダは山さん地ちの林りん内ないに生はえる低てい木ぼくです。

  Helwingia japonica is a shrub that grows in mountainous forests.

noun

oily perfume used under white makeup (archaic)

Archaic term for a scented oil applied beneath white face powder, historically used in traditional Japanese cosmetics.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの化け粧しょう法ほうでは、白粉おしろいの下したに花はな筏いかだを塗ぬることがあった。

  In Edo-period makeup techniques, 花筏 was sometimes applied under white face powder.