(はなぞの)

はなぞの
noun
flower garden
naturegeography
1. flower garden
flower garden
花園(はなぞの)散歩(さんぽ)した
I took a walk through the flower garden.
There is a small flower garden in one corner of the yard.
When spring comes, this park transforms into a colorful flower garden.
2. a beautiful, paradise-like place
a beautiful, paradise-like place
(ゆめ)花園(はなぞの)ような場所(ばしょ)だ。
It's a place like a dream paradise.
人生(じんせい)花園(はなぞの)ない
Life is not a bed of roses.
For the children, that amusement park was a paradise.

A poetic compound of (はな) (flower) and (その) (garden), with rendaku voicing. Used both literally for a garden of flowers and figuratively for an idyllic or beautiful place. Also very common as a place name (花園(はなぞの)) throughout Japan.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 花壇(かだん): flower bed — more specific, refers to a raised bed for growing flowers
  • 庭園(ていえん): garden — formal garden, may include elements besides flowers
  • 楽園(らくえん): paradise — stronger term for an ideal, utopian place