蕾(つぼみ)bud, flower bud

蕾(つぼみ)が開(ひら)いて花(はな)になりました。

The bud has bloomed and become a flower. {bud, flower bud}

あのサッカー選手(せんしゅ)は蕾(つぼみ)で、開花(かいか)はこれからだ。

That soccer player is still a bud, his blooming is yet to come. {bud, flower bud}

蕾(つぼみ)がほころんできたから、そろそろ花(はな)が咲(さ)くだろう。

The buds have started to open, so the flowers will probably bloom soon. {bud, flower bud}

バラの蕾(つぼみ)が開(ひら)くが早(はや)いか、フワッといい香(かお)りが漂(ただよ)ってきた。

No sooner did the rose bud open, a pleasant fragrance wafted through the air. {bud, flower bud}

梅(うめ)の花(はな)の蕾(つぼみ)がまだ固(かた)く閉(と)じているとあって、梅園(うめぞの)には誰(だれ)も訪(おとず)れません。

The buds of the plum blossoms are still tightly closed, thus no one visits the plum garden. {bud, flower bud}