華やか

はなやか · hanayaka · JLPT N1 · na-adj

brilliant

🎆 華 = flower/splendour + や + か: a flower-bright, showy, glittering look, like flowers in full bloom

Hanayaka comes from 花 (hana, flower) plus the adjective-making suffix, so it means flower-like: showy, bright and full of colour. Florid, gorgeous and brilliant all share that sense.

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