How to say "paradise" in Japanese

• 天国てんごくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe general word for heaven: the afterlife, the Kingdom of Heaven, or a place or state so wonderful it feels heavenly. When 'paradise' means heaven, this is usually the word you want.
  結婚けっこん生活せいかつは夫婦仲ふうふなかが良よければ天国てんごくであり、夫婦仲ふうふなかが悪わるければこの世よの地獄じごくである。↗

  Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.
• 楽園らくえんCommon
  nounParadise as an ideal place: a blissful land or garden, as in Eden. This is the natural choice when 'paradise' means a perfect, happy place rather than the afterlife.
  この公園こうえんは子供こどもの楽園らくえんだ。↗

  This park is a paradise for children.
• パラダイスCommon
  nounThe loanword, taken straight from English. It has a distinctly foreign flavor and often appears in names, titles and catchy phrases where that English-style sound is wanted.
  このビーチはサーファーにはパラダイスだ。↗

  This beach is a paradise for surfers.
• 極楽ごくらくJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe Buddhist paradise, the blissful realm of the afterlife; by extension, a state of bliss, heaven on earth. For the religious sense it is specifically Buddhist, not the general heaven of 天国.

For heaven or the afterlife choose 天国; for an ideal or earthly paradise, Eden, choose 楽園; 極楽 is the Buddhist paradise or a state of bliss; 「パラダイス」 is the English loanword with a foreign flavor.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 天国てんごくparadise
• 楽園らくえんparadise
• パラダイスparadise
• 楽土らくどparadise
• 寂光浄土じゃっこうじょうどparadise
• 楽天地らくてんちparadise
• 天堂てんどうheaven
• 報土ほうどpure land
• 十万億土じゅうまんおくどeternity
• 仏土ぶつどrealm of a Buddha
• 楽地らくちcarefree land
• 浄土じょうどpure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha)
• 無何有の郷むかうのさとutopia
• 極楽ごくらくparadise
• 寂光じゃっこうparadise