jmdict 1587180 Active (id#2276871)
生け花 [ichi1,news2,nf25] ； 生花 [ichi1] ； 活け花 [rK] ； 活花 [rK] ； いけ花 [sK]
【 いけばな [ichi1,news2,nf25] ； せいか (生花, 活花) 】
  1. [n]
    • ikebana
    • [expl] Japanese art of flower arrangement
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2863474 お花【おはな】 1. ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
    • ⇐ see: 1590510 華道【かどう】 1. flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
    • ⇐ see: 1256840 剣山【けんざん】 1. needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
    • ⇐ see: 2833334 華壇【かだん】 1. world of ikebana; ikebana circles
    • ⇐ see: 1194500 花【はな】 5. ikebana
    • ⇐ see: 2847011 立花【りっか】 1. rikka; formal style of ikebana
    • ⇐ see: 2851083 遠州流【えんしゅうりゅう】 2. Enshū school of ikebana
    • ⇐ see: 2851093 石州流【せきしゅうりゅう】 2. Sekishū school of ikebana
    • ⇐ see: 1773730 吊り花【つりばな】 1. arranging flowers in vessels hanging from the ceiling (in ikebana); flowers planted in hanging vessels
  2. (せいか only) [n]
    • fresh flower
    • natural flower
History:
    • A 2023-09-13 21:30:54 Jim Breen (id#2276871)
    • A* 2023-09-13 17:35:08 Stephen Kraus (id#2276857)
    • Refs
      〈生（け）／活（け）／挿（け）／いけ／イケ〉〈花／華／ばな／バナ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 生花　　 │ 567,638 │ 54.8% │
│ 生け花　 │ 224,257 │ 21.7% │
│ いけ花　 │  21,135 │  2.0% │ - add, sK
│ 活け花　 │   9,805 │  0.9% │ - rK  (sankoku, meikyo, iwakoku)
│ 活花　　 │   5,557 │  0.5% │ - rK  (daijr, iwakoku)
│ 挿花　　 │   3,948 │  N/A  │ - ... (only いけばな in daijr)
│ 生華　　 │     684 │  0.1% │
│ イケ花　 │     648 │  0.1% │
│ 生ばな　 │      51 │  0.0% │
│ 生けばな │      24 │  0.0% │
│ 挿け花　 │      22 │  0.0% │
│ いけばな │ 205,276 │ 19.8% │
│ イケバナ │     729 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -18,0 +20,5 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>いけ花</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2017-06-19 17:04:55 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      "生け花" is not typically used to describe other styles of flower arrangement.
    • Refs
      gg5
daijr: "...日本固有の伝統芸術"
    • Diff
      @@ -33 +32,0 @@
-<gloss>flower arrangement</gloss>
@@ -34,0 +34 @@
+<gloss g_type="expl">Japanese art of flower arrangement</gloss>
@@ -39 +39,2 @@
-<gloss>fresh flowers</gloss>
+<gloss>fresh flower</gloss>
+<gloss>natural flower</gloss>
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