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楽園 (らくえん, rakuen) Japanese meaning: paradise | Kotomora
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This island is truly a paradise.
Adam and Eve were expelled from Eden.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 は 楽らく 園えん だ to describe a place as a paradise
This beach is like paradise.
楽らく 園えん を 築きず く to build/create a paradise
They built a paradise on the deserted island.
〈 物もの 〉 の 楽らく 園えん a paradise (haven) for a particular thing or group
This island is called a paradise for wild birds.
Related words 天国 usually means heaven in a religious or afterlife sense, while 楽園 can describe any ideal, blissful place whether religious or secular.
パラダイス is a casual loanword often used for resorts or entertainment, whereas 楽園 is the native Sino-Japanese term with more literary or religious weight.
極楽 specifically refers to the Buddhist paradise (Pure Land), while 楽園 is a more general term usable for any earthly or mythical utopia.
ユートピア emphasizes an ideal imagined society or system, while 楽園 focuses on a place of natural beauty or bliss.
楽園 is a general term for paradise or a pleasure garden, while エデン specifically refers to the biblical Garden of Eden.
Etymology From Middle Chinese 樂園 (MC lɑk̚ ɦʉɐn), literally 'pleasure garden'. The kanji 楽 means 'comfort, ease, music' and 園 means 'garden, park'. The word entered Japanese as a Buddhist term for a blissful realm and later extended to the Christian concept of Eden and general paradises.
