1.
artificial flower; fake flower
A flower made from fabric, plastic, paper, or other materials to imitate a real flower. Used for decoration.
これは造花ですか。
Is this an artificial flower?
造花を飾って部屋を明るくした。
I decorated the room with artificial flowers to brighten it up.
最近の造花は本物と見分けがつかないほど精巧だ。
Recent artificial flowers are so well-made that you can't tell them from real ones.
USAGE:
Used for decorative flowers that don't need watering. Popular in offices, restaurants, and homes where maintaining real flowers is impractical.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 造花を飾る (to display artificial flowers)
- 造花のアレンジメント (artificial flower arrangement)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 生花: fresh/real flowers — the opposite of 造花
- ドライフラワー: dried flowers — another alternative to fresh flowers
- 増加: increase — a homophone with completely different meaning and kanji