How to say "yard" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 庭にわnounCovers 'yard' in the everyday sense of the open ground around a house — grass, plants, a courtyard. This is the word you want for a home's yard or garden.
- nounCovers 'yard' only as the unit of distance, written in kana alone. It never means a plot of land; use it when measuring length in yards.
- 桁けたnounCovers 'yard' only in the beam/spar sense; it is really the word for columns, beams and girders in building, and is seldom what you want for a yard.
- 置き場おきばnounCovers 'yard' in the sense of a place where things are stored — a storage space or depository. Think of a yard as an area set aside for putting something, not a garden.
Use 庭 for the open space around a house, 「ヤード」 only for the unit of distance, 「置き場」 for a yard as a storage area, and 桁 for the beam/spar sense alone.
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