花畑(はなばたけ)

はなばたけ
noun
flower field; flower garden
natureplant-flower
1. flower field; flower bed; flower garden
A field or area where flowers are grown or bloom in abundance. Can refer to a cultivated flower garden or a natural meadow full of flowers.
春(はる)の花畑(はなばたけ)は美(うつく)しい。
The flower fields in spring are beautiful.
ラベンダーの花畑(はなばたけ)を見(み)に北海道(ほっかいどう)へ行(い)った。
I went to Hokkaido to see the lavender fields.
丘(おか)の上(うえ)に広(ひろ)がる花畑(はなばたけ)は、観光客(かんこうきゃく)に人気(にんき)がある。
The flower fields spreading across the hilltop are popular with tourists.
2. la-la land; dreamland (figurative)
Used figuratively and often sarcastically to describe someone whose thinking is naive, unrealistic, or blissfully detached from reality — as if their head is full of flowers.
頭(あたま)の中(なか)が花畑(はなばたけ)だ。
Their head is full of flowers. (They're living in dreamland.)
恋(こい)をすると頭(あたま)の中(なか)が花畑(はなばたけ)になる。
When you fall in love, your head turns into a flower field. (You become starry-eyed.)
あの人(ひと)は頭(あたま)の中(なか)が花畑(はなばたけ)で、現実(げんじつ)が見(み)えていない。
That person is living in la-la land and can't see reality.

A compound of 花(はな) (flower) and 畑(はたけ) (field). The literal meaning is straightforward, but the figurative usage 頭(あたま)の中(なか)が花畑(はなばたけ) (head full of flowers) is very common in casual speech and online.

Usage

The expression 頭(あたま)の中(なか)が花畑(はなばたけ) or お花畑(はなばたけ) describes someone blissfully naive or out of touch with reality. It can be used self-deprecatingly about being love-struck, or critically about someone ignoring problems.

Common collocations

  • 花畑(はなばたけ)が広(ひろ)がる — flower fields spread out
  • お花畑(はなばたけ) — flower garden (with polite お); also used for the figurative sense
  • 頭(あたま)の中(なか)が花畑(はなばたけ) — head full of flowers; starry-eyed, naive

Related words

Related Words

Related: 花園(はなぞの) (flower garden)
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Added 2026.3.27 8:24 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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