園・苑・薗|そのsono[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- noungarden; orchard; park
- nounplace; world; environment
- Synonym庭園ていえんWrittenA landscaped garden with trees, ponds and the like, as in 「日本庭園」— the ordinary word for a real garden. 「園」(その) is literary, mostly in figurative phrases like 「学びの園」.
- SynonymガーデンNeutralLoanword for a garden; common in names of facilities and shops, as in 「ビアガーデン」, and sounds Western. 「園」 is an elegant, literary word.
- SynonymパークNeutralLoanword for a park or amusement park, and also for parking, as in 「テーマパーク」. 「園」 is literary, for gardens in verse or figurative places.
- Related庭にわNeutralThe yard or garden around or inside a house; the most common everyday word. 「園」 is elegant, found in poetry and figurative uses like 「学びの園」.
- Related公園こうえんNeutralA public park, as in 「近所の公園」; a common everyday word. 「園」 on its own leans written and formal.
- Related緑地りょくちWrittenLand thick with trees and plants, common in planning terms like 「緑地帯」. 「園」 is a garden planted with flowers, fruit trees or vegetables.
- Related園地えんちWrittenLand set aside as a park or garden; a written, administrative term. In everyday speech say 「公園」 or 「庭園」.
- Related前栽せんざいWrittenFlowers and trees planted around a house; an archaic, elegant word that is rarely used. In everyday speech say 「庭」.
「園」 is an elegant word for a garden of flowers, trees or crops, or for a place, as in 「花の園」 and 「学びの園」. For an everyday yard use 「庭」, for a landscaped garden 「庭園」, for a public park 「公園」; ガーデン and パーク suit names, the rest are rare or written terms.
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