庭|にわniwa[0]heiban (flat)
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- noungarden; yard; courtyard
- nounfield (of action); area
- 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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