楽園|らくえんrakuen[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounparadise; Eden
   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.

• Synonym天国てんごくNeutralStrongly religious term for heaven, focusing on where the dead go after death; 「楽園」 is an ideal place in this world, and also covers Eden.
• Synonym極楽ごくらくNeutralThe Buddhist paradise (Sukhavati); also used figuratively for a comfortable place, as in 「極楽、極楽」.
• SynonymパラダイスNeutralA loanword for heaven, paradise or an ideal place, with a light, casual feel; 「楽園」 sounds slightly more formal.
• SynonymヘブンNeutralA loanword for heaven or paradise, rarely used in daily life; 「天国」 or 「楽園」 is what people normally say.
• Synonym楽土らくどWrittenWritten/formal prose for a land of comfort and ease, as in 「王道楽土」.
• Synonym楽天地らくてんちWrittenWritten/formal and rare; an ideal place free of suffering where one can live happily — close in meaning to 「楽園」.
• Antonym地獄じごくNeutralHell; also figuratively an extremely painful situation — the opposite of the carefree place 「楽園」 denotes.
• Antonym苦界くがいWrittenWritten/formal word for a world of endless suffering, the opposite of 「楽園」; can also refer to a life of prostitution.

Use 「楽園」 for an ideal earthly paradise or Eden, as in 「南国の楽園」 and 「失楽園」. For religious heaven say 「天国」, for the Buddhist paradise 「極楽」, and casually 「パラダイス」; the opposite is 「地獄」.

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1. 心配しんぱいや苦くるしみのない生活せいかつが送おくれる場所ばしょ。