How to say "hedge" in Japanese

• ヘッジCommon
  nounCovers the non-plant senses of 'hedge': the finance term and hedging one's position or bet. It is a loanword, not the word for a row of shrubs; use 垣根 for that.
• 垣根かきねJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe ordinary word for a hedge as a planted boundary of shrubs around a garden or yard. It can also mean a fence, so context makes clear whether the boundary is living or built.
  よい垣根かきねはよい隣人りんじんをつくる。↗

  Good fences make good neighbors.
• 垣かきCommon
  nounA general term for a boundary barrier, glossed first as fence; hedge is a secondary sense. For a leafy garden hedge, 垣根 is usually the word you want.
  この木きのてっぺんは垣かきと同おなじ高たかさだ。↗

  The top of this tree is level with the fence.
• 生垣いけがきCommon
  nounSpecifically a hedge made of living, growing plants, as in a traditional garden boundary. Choose it when you want to stress that the hedge is alive rather than a wooden or bamboo fence.
  猫ねこは生け垣いけがきを通り抜とおりぬけた。↗

  The cat got through the hedge.

For the plant sense, 垣根 is the usual word and 生垣 a living clipped hedge; 垣 is a broader fence/enclosure term; 「ヘッジ」 is the loanword, also used in finance and hedging bets.

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• ヘッジhedge
• 垣根かきねhedge
• 垣かきfence
• 生垣いけがきhedge
• リスクヘッジhedge
• つなぐto hedge
• つなぎhedging