パラダイス

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

paradise

Used for an ideal place or state of happiness, similar to English 'paradise'. Can refer to a literal heaven, a tropical island, or any blissful situation.

ハワイはまさにパラダイスだ。
Hawaii is truly a paradise.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉はパラダイスだused to describe a place as an ideal, blissful spot

ハワイは多おおくの日本にほん人じんにとってパラダイスだ。

Hawaii is a paradise for many Japanese people.

パラダイスのような〈場ば所しょ〉a place that is like paradise

その島しまはパラダイスのような美うつくしさだった。

The island had a beauty just like paradise.

Related words

天てん国ごくN2
天国 is the native Japanese word for heaven or paradise, often carrying religious or spiritual weight, while パラダイス is a casual loanword used for earthly bliss like a tropical island.
楽らく園えん
楽園 is a literary, native Japanese term for an idyllic paradise (often earthly, like a garden or island), while パラダイス is a lighter, more casual loanword with the same meaning.
エデン
パラダイス is a loanword used broadly for any paradise-like place, while エデン points specifically to the biblical Garden of Eden.

Opposites

地じ獄ごくN2
地獄 means hell, the direct opposite of パラダイス's blissful paradise.

Word family

パラダイス鎖さ国こく
isolation paradise; closed paradise

Etymology

Loanword from English 'paradise'.