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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) 】

[n]
▶ ikebana
▶ [expl] Japanese art of flower arrangement

Cross references:
	⇐ 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

(せいか only) [n]
▶ fresh flower
▶ natural flower

History:

4.	A 2023-09-13 21:30:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2023-09-13 17:35:08 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	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>
2.	A 2017-06-19 17:04:55 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5 daijr: "...日本固有の伝統芸術"
	Comments:	"生け花" is not typically used to describe other styles of flower arrangement.
	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>
1.	A* 2017-06-19 13:28:35 midori
	Refs:	https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ikebana
	Diff:	@@ -33,0 +34 @@ +<gloss>ikebana</gloss>

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