How to say "gardening" in Japanese

• 園芸えんげいJLPT N2approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe broadest and most common term, covering gardening as a pursuit and the wider field of horticulture, including growing flowers, vegetables, and trees. Use this for the hobby or subject in general.
  「これは・・・」「軍手ぐんてとスコップ。園芸えんげい部ぶ基本きほん道具どうぐのひとつだよ」↗

  "This is ..." "Working glove and trowel. One of a gardening club's basic tools."
• ガーデニング
  nounThe katakana loanword, referring to gardening in the everyday English sense of tending a garden, especially flower gardens as a leisure activity. It is a less common alternative to 園芸.
  ガーデニングの本ほんを見みてたら、ドクロマークのついたのがいっぱいあって驚おどろきました。↗

  When I looked in a gardening book I was surprised by how many were marked poisonous.
• 庭づくりにわづくり
  nounLiterally making or developing a garden, this covers the sense of planning and building up a garden over time rather than gardening as a general hobby. It is a less common choice.
  この頃ころ私は退屈たいくつしのぎに庭造にわづくりをしています。↗

  I am gardening these days just to kill time.
• 庭いじりにわいじり
  nounPuts the emphasis on puttering around in the garden — casual, hands-on tinkering with plants. For plain 'gardening' it is a less common option; the puttering nuance is central to it.
  おやじは合間あいま合間あいまに庭にわいじりをする。↗

  Father does gardening whenever he gets a chance.
• 庭仕事にわしごと
  nounTreats gardening as garden work, the physical chores of tending a garden. It is a less common way to render 'gardening' and fits contexts where the labor itself is in focus.
  雨あめで彼女かのじょは庭仕事にわしごとができなかった。↗

  The rainy weather prevented her from working in the garden.

園芸 is the general, common word for gardening as a hobby or horticulture; 「ガーデニング」 is the loanword; the remaining 庭- words describe hands-on work in one's own garden, with 「庭いじり」 suggesting casual puttering.

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• 園芸えんげいhorticulture
• ガーデニングgardening
• 庭づくりにわづくりgardening
• 庭いじりにわいじりgardening
• 庭仕事にわしごとgardening
• 土弄りつちいじりgardening