Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a child crouches close to a potted morning glory climbing a simple support. At the child's eye level, a prominent unopened flower bud has tightly folded petals enclosed in its pointed shape; a fully open flower on the same vine makes its future form clear.

つぼみ

tsubomi

flower bud

Example sentences

つぼみがほころび始はじめた。
The buds began to open.
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バラはつぼみが出でている。
The roses are in bud.
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つぼみがだんだん色いろづいてきた。
The buds are beginning to show signs of color.
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