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jmdict 2850642 Active (id: 2148511)
華がない華が無い
はながない
1. [exp,adj-i]
▶ unappealing
▶ uninteresting
▶ lacking charm

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2021-10-02 01:56:52  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2021-10-02 00:06:48  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think "lacking flowers" is a good 
lit, I think 華 is almost exclusively used w 
the more abstract meanings (beauty, appeal, 
flourish)
  Diff:
@@ -19 +18,0 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">lacking flowers</gloss>
3. A 2021-10-01 23:49:42  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>華が無い</keb>
2. A* 2021-10-01 08:06:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://amysey.net/no-flowers/ : なんとなく、つまらない、面白みがないのような意味になりそうですが。
実用日本語表現辞典: 華麗さがなく、魅力に欠けること。「花がない」とも書く。 
華がない	21880
花がない	16603
華が無い	5270
花が無い	5426
  Comments:
Many of the n-gram occurrences are probably for the literal term.
  Diff:
@@ -11 +11,2 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
@@ -12,0 +14,3 @@
+<gloss>uninteresting</gloss>
+<gloss>lacking charm</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">lacking flowers</gloss>
1. A* 2021-09-30 21:51:16 
  Refs:
https://www.weblio.jp/content/華がない

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