season (period of the year based on the typical weather, e.g. winter) / season (a given period for sports, celebration, etc.)

hypothetical and imperative forms of 咲く (saku) [godan]

to bloom / to make white waves appear

the East Asian rainy season (from early June to early/mid-July)

the East Asian rainy season (from early June to early/mid-July)

Alternative spelling of 初めて

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

to start doing / to begin

begin; start; initiate; originate

the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume / a white plum blossom, as opposed to 紅梅 (kōbai, “red plum blossom”) / the lowest of a three-level rank system