庭|にわniwa[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N5approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noungarden; yard; courtyard
    私わたしたちの庭にわには2本ぽんの桜さくらの木きがあります。↗
    Our garden has two cherry trees.
  2. nounfield (of action); area
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymガーデンNeutralNeutral loanword for a garden; works for a home garden too, and is common in shop and facility names like 「ビアガーデン」.
  • Synonym庭園ていえんWrittenWritten/formal prose for a large, carefully designed garden, as in 「日本庭園」.
  • Related園そのWrittenWritten/formal prose; a garden or grounds, also used figuratively for a place, as in 「学びの園」.
  • Related前栽せんざいWrittenOld-fashioned word for a small garden of flowers and trees by the house, or the plants growing there.
  • Related園生えんせいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a garden planted with trees and flowers; very rare — say 「庭」 in everyday speech.

For an ordinary yard or garden, say 「庭」. Use 「庭園」 for a large, elaborately designed garden, and 「ガーデン」 for the loanword common in shop and facility names. 「園」 is written prose, often figurative; 「前栽」 and 「園生」 are rare, old-fashioned words.

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Japanese definitions
  1. にわ。家いえなど建物たてものの周囲しゅうい又または内側うちがわにある露天ろてんの平たいらな土地とち。
Kanji in this word
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