Ohara Ikebana Terms

English	Japanese	Romanization of Japanese
[Tools]
Scissors	はさみ	Hasami
Kenzan (holder)	剣山	Kenzan
Shippo (holder)	七宝	Shippo
Basic container	基本花器	Kihon Kaki
Shallow container	盤	Ban
Shallow water container	水盤	Suiban
Rectangular container	長方水盤	Choho Suiban
Round container	丸水盤	Maru Suiban
Vase	瓶	Hei (Bin)1
[Name of stems]
Principal stems/main stems	役枝	Yaku-eda
Subject	主枝	Syu-shi
Object	客枝	Kyaku-shi
Secondary	副枝	Fuku-shi
Filler stems/auxiliary stems	中間枝	Chukan-shi
[Styles]
Flower styles	花型	Hana-gata
Form, fixed style	型	Kata, …Kei
Hana-isho Basic	花意匠　基本	Hana-isho Kihon
Hana-isho Advanced	花意匠　展開	Hana-isho Tenkai
Rising Form	たてるかたち	Tateru-katachi
Inclining Form	かたむけるかたち	Katamukeru-katachi
Radial Form	ひらくかたち	Hiraku-katachi
One Row Form	ならぶかたち	Narabu-katachi
Circular Form	まわるかたち	Mawaru-katachi
Upright Style	直立型	Chokuritsu-kei
Slanting Style	傾斜型	Keisha-kei
Water-reflecting Style	観水型	Kansui-kei
Cascading Style	下垂型	Kasui-kei
Moribana	盛花	Moribana
Color-scheme Moribana	色彩盛花	Shikisai Moribana
Landscape Moribana	写景盛花	Shakei Moribana
Heika	瓶花	Hei-ka
Rimpa-cho Ikebana	琳派調いけばな	Rimpa-cho Ikebana
Bunjin-cho Ikebana	文人調いけばな	Bunjin-cho Ikebana
Hanamai	花舞	Hana-mai
Hana-kanade	花奏	Hana-kanade
Color Method	色彩本位	Shikisai-honi
Traditional Method	様式本位	Yoshiki-honi
Realistic Method	自然本位	Shizen-honi
[Views]
Front view	正面性	Shomen-sei
Multi-sided view	多面	Tamen-sei
Near view	近景	Kin-kei
Middle view	中景	Chu-kei
Far view	遠景	En-kei
[Arrangements]
Hon-gatte	本勝手	Hon-gatte
Gyaku-gatte	逆勝手	Gyaku-gatte
[Expressions]
Place, position, insert	挿す	Sasu
Bend	ためる	Tameru
Slant, tilt	傾ける	Katamukeru
Make (the base) neat and tight	（根元を）しめる	(Nemoto wo) Shimeru
Clear up, keep tidy	整理する	Seirisuru
Make the most of	生かす	Ikasu

Note ¹ In the Ohara school of Ikebana, “瓶” is read as “Hei”.