- 咲く【さく】 - to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open, to rise up (of breaking waves) 
- 遅咲き【おそざき】 - late blooming (flower, talent), late flowering 
- 返り咲き【かえりざき】 - comeback (e.g. in business), reinstatement, second blooming (in a season), reflowering, reflorescence 
- 咲き乱れる【さきみだれる】 - to bloom in profusion 
- 早咲き【はやざき】 - early blooming, early flowering 
- 咲き誇る【さきほこる】 - to be in full bloom, to blossom in full glory, to be in fullness of bloom