野の花ばな

noun

wild flower

General term for flowers growing in the wild, not cultivated.

• 春はるになると野の原はらに野の花ばながたくさん咲さく。

  In spring, many wild flowers bloom in the fields.

noun

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

• 葬そう儀ぎの祭さい壇だんには白しろい野の花ばなが飾かざられていた。

  White paper flowers were displayed on the funeral altar.