Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese living room, a woman carefully inserts a cut flower stem into a pin holder inside a shallow ceramic vessel. One curved branch and two other flowers already form a deliberate arrangement. Flower scissors, trimmed stems and a water bucket sit beside the table.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

生いける

ikeru

to arrange flowers

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは花はなを生いけるのが好すきです。
She likes to arrange flowers.
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ユリコは余暇よかに花はなを生いける。
Yuriko arranges flowers in her spare time.
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彼女かのじょは花はなをきれいに生いけた。
She arranged the flowers beautifully.
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Kanji in 生

生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・いける

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