花瓶

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 花瓶に花を生けた。▶ —
   I arranged flowers in the vase.
2. 青い花瓶が好きです。▶ —
   I like the blue vase.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Kabin (花瓶) is "vase" — B + no-cluster simple vocab. Kanji "hana (flower) + bin (bottle)". Plain. Usage: (1) kabin ni hana wo ikeru (note Japans ikeru "bring to life" or arrange flowers verb); (2) garasu / touki / kinzoku material variants; (3) ichirin-zashi (single-stem vase, uniquely Japanese small vase for sa-dou tea rooms with "ichirin ni bankan" one-stem-captures-all-emotion aesthetic); (4) kabin no mizu wo kaeru (refresh water weekly); (5) kabin wo waru (break it). Compare: kaki (formal ka-dou or sa-dou), furawaa beesu (loanword Western), hana-zashi (tool). Some ka-dou cluster ties exist, but kabin stays simple. Korean hwabyeong and Chinese hua-ping share the kanji. JLPT N5 plus a Japanese furniture-aesthetic plain entry.

Quick check

1. Meaning of ichirin-zashi?

   • Single-stem vase — uniquely Japanese small vase for sa-dou tea rooms, "ichirin ni bankan" one stem captures all emotion
   • Large vase
   • Western bouquet
   • Plain flowerpot