How to say "blossom" in Japanese

• 花はなJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounCovers blossom as a noun — the flower itself, on the tree or in the hand. It also covers 'flower' generally, so it is the ordinary word for things like cherry blossoms.
  私わたしたちは梅うめの花はなで有名ゆうめいな水戸みと公園こうえんを見みに行いった。↗

  We visited Mito Park, which is famous for its plum blossoms.
• 咲くさくJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbCovers blossom as a verb — the action of a flower opening. Use it when saying that a tree or plant blossoms, rather than for the blossom as a thing.
  これらの花はなは春はるに咲さく。↗

  These flowers bloom in spring.

Use 花 for blossom as a noun (the flower itself), and 「咲く」 for blossom as a verb (to open into flower); choose by part of speech and whether you mean the thing or the blooming.

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• 花はなflower
• 咲くさくto bloom
• 花開くはなひらくto blossom
• ブロッサムblossom
• 花が咲くはながさくto bloom