also: やか
wild flower
General term for flowers growing in the wild, not cultivated.
In spring, many wild flowers bloom in the fields.
paper flowers (funeral decoration)
Only with reading のばな
Specifically refers to artificial paper flowers used as decoration at funerals. Compare 紙花 (sense 2).
See also: 紙花
White paper flowers were displayed on the funeral altar.
Standard kanji spelling for both senses.
Obsolete kana reading for the wild flower sense; not used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 野 (の, 'field') and 花 (はな, 'flower'), with rendaku voicing of はな to ばな.