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The Flower Master
The Flower Master | Sujata Massey
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Family secrets come to haunt half-American, half-Japanese Rei Shimura, a Tokyo antiques dealer, when she attempts to reveal the murderer of her instructor in ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. By the author of Zen Attitude. Tour.
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Third in a cozy mystery series. This one mostly concerns an ikebana school (and a murder there) as well as environmental activism on behalf of workers in the flower growing industry. I‘m still enjoying the central character, a Japanese American with an antiques business in Tokyo.

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A potted plant is bad luck for a sick person. It suggests that you will grow roots and never get out of bed.

CrowCAH Hmm interesting. 4y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Does that include a cactus? 4y
Mdargusch I never knew that! 🤔 4y
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Lindy @CrowCAH @Mdargusch It‘s in a novel set in Japan; I have no idea if it‘s a common sentiment, but it‘s interesting. 4y
Lindy @JanuarieTimewalker13 🌵🤷‍♀️ 4y
Megabooks Interesting! 4y
Cathythoughts Oh ! Interesting one 4y
JanuarieTimewalker13 I believe it. Someone gave me a cactus when I broke my hip and I‘ve never been the same. Lol The thing is getting tossed...it never thrived. 4y
KathyR Ah, Google does know all: simple cultural differences in giving flowers can make all the difference. Take the potted plant. In Brazil, it makes a great gift at dinner parties so the anfitrião (host) or anfitriã (hostess) won‘t have to scramble for a vase.

In Japan, however, you should never give a sick person a potted plant. A potted plant takes root, and the Japanese expression for “taking root” is 根付く, pronounced “nezuku.” The problem here is that there is a homonym “nezuku” (written 寝付く), which means “staying in bed.” So if you want to wish a patient a speedy recovery and getting out of bed soon, you wouldn‘t want to give them a potted plant as the word association brings a bad image with it.

Let‘s look at some other cultural
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Lindy @KathyR Thanks! 🤗😘 4y
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