極楽鳥

ごくらくちょう

bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae family)

極楽極楽

ごくらくごくらく

It's absolute heaven, It's sheer bliss

花鳥

かちょう

flowers and birds

極楽

ごくらく

paradise

花鳥画

かちょうが

painting of flowers and birds, bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting

鳥媒花

ちょうばいか

ornithophilous flower (i.e. pollinated by birds)

花鳥図

かちょうず

painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting

極楽鯊

ごくらくはぜ ゴクラクハゼ

barcheek goby (Rhinogobius giurinus)

花独楽

はなごま

cardboard spinning top, shaped and coloured like a flower

花鳥風月

かちょうふうげつ

beauties of nature, the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics

花鳥諷詠

かちょうふうえい

the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme, the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku)

落花啼鳥

らっかていちょう

the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)

極楽蜻蛉

ごくらくとんぼ

happy-go-lucky fellow, an easygoing and indifferent person, a pococurante

極楽往生

ごくらくおうじょう

rebirth in paradise, peaceful death

極楽浄土

ごくらくじょうど

sukhavati (amitabha's pure land)

楽楽

らくらく

comfortably, easily

極極

ごくごく

extremely, highly

鳥

とり

bird

楽

らく

comfort, ease