1.
flower garden
flower garden
花園を散歩した。
I took a walk through the flower garden.
庭の一角に小さな花園がある。
There is a small flower garden in one corner of the yard.
春になると、この公園は色とりどりの花園に変わる。
When spring comes, this park transforms into a colorful flower garden.
2.
a beautiful, paradise-like place
a beautiful, paradise-like place
夢の花園のような場所だ。
It's a place like a dream paradise.
人生は花園ではない。
Life is not a bed of roses.
子供たちにとって、あの遊園地は花園のような場所だった。
For the children, that amusement park was a paradise.
A poetic compound of 花 (flower) and 園 (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) throughout Japan.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 花園のような: like a paradise
- 夢の花園: dreamlike paradise
- 花園を作る: to create a flower garden
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 花壇: flower bed — more specific, refers to a raised bed for growing flowers
- 庭園: garden — formal garden, may include elements besides flowers
- 楽園: paradise — stronger term for an ideal, utopian place