Word Meaning 花を咲かせる

はなをさかせる hana o sakaseru

花を咲かせる is read as はなをさかせる (hana o sakaseru) and means to become successful and well known.

Meaning

English

to become successful and well known
to enliven (e.g. a conversation)
to animate
to engage in enthusiastically

Reading

Kana

はなをさかせる

Romaji

hana o sakaseru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 144254 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

花咲く

はなさく

to bloom

花が咲く

はながさく

to experience a golden age

一花咲かせる

ひとはなさかせる

to flourish briefly (esp. before retiring or stopping)

話に花を咲かせる

はなしにはなをさかせる

to engage in lively conversation

花咲蟹

はなさきがに

blue king crab

死んで花見が咲くものか

しんではなみがさくものか

once you're dead, that's it

早花咲月

さはなさづき

third lunar month

話に花が咲く

はなしにはながさく

to reminisce

炒り豆に花が咲く

いりまめにはながさく

to come alive (once again)

花も実もある

はなもみもある

to have both the looks and the substance

花を傷める

はなをいためる

to spoil a flower

花瓶

かびん

(flower) vase

Example Sentences

久しぶりに会ったんだから、酒でも飲みながら、昔話にでも花を咲かせるとするか。

It's been so long since we last met up. Let's have a drink or two and talk about the good old days.