Beautiful Japanese Nature-related Diction, From Haruhiko Kindaichi’s The Japanese Language (translated

Beautiful Japanese nature-related diction, from Haruhiko Kindaichi’s The Japanese Language (translated by Umeyo Hirano):

hana-gumori — a hazy sky in the cherry-blossom season; literally, flower cloudiness harumeku — to become more like spring akimeku — to become more like autumn kareru — the death of plants edaburi — the way a tree branches hanafubuki — flowers falling in the wind like snowflakes konoshita-yami — darkness cast by dense trees kaerizaki — the unseasonable blooming of flowers; also the second blooming of spring flowers in autumn yosakura — the cherry blossoms viewed at night by torchlight; literally, night sakura