How to say "garland" in Japanese

• 栄冠えいかんCommon
  nounCovers the figurative sense of 'garland' — laurels as a symbol of victory or honor, something won rather than worn. A typical context is a champion being awarded the laurels of victory.
  彼かれは不滅ふめつの栄冠えいかんを得えた。↗

  He was crowned with eternal victory.
• 花輪はなわCommon
  nounThe word for an actual wreath or garland — a ring of flowers, whether hung as decoration or presented on ceremonial occasions such as funerals. This is what you use for the physical object.
  花環はなわが彼かれの頭あたまに巻まかれた。↗

  A wreath was bound around his head.

Use 花輪 for a physical wreath or garland of flowers, hung as a decoration or laid as an offering, and 栄冠 for the figurative garland of victory or honor — the laurels a winner earns.

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• 栄冠えいかんlaurels
• 花輪はなわwreath
• 花綵はなづなgarland
• 花冠かかんgarland