庭園|ていえんteien[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noungarden; park
    この門もんから庭園ていえんに入いれます。↗
    The gate admits to the garden.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym庭にわNeutralThe general word for the yard around a house; the most versatile of these terms, as in 「庭で遊ぶ」. 「庭園」 suggests a large, carefully designed garden.
  • SynonymガーデンNeutralA loanword for a garden, seen in 「ガーデニング」 and 「ローズガーデン」. 「庭園」 is more formal and covers both Japanese and Western gardens.
  • Synonym園そのWrittenWritten/formal prose for a garden or, figuratively, a place or setting, as in 「学びの園」. 「庭園」 leans toward ornamental gardens.
  • Related園生えんせいWrittenA written/formal, archaic word for a garden planted with trees and plants. 「庭園」 is more common.
  • Related前栽せんざいWrittenWritten/formal prose for the trees and flowers planted around a house. 「庭園」 refers to the garden as a whole.
  • Related園庭えんていNeutralThe yard or playground of a kindergarten or nursery school. 「庭園」 means an ornamental garden.

Use 「庭園」 for a carefully designed ornamental garden, as in 「日本庭園」 and 「西洋庭園」. For a house yard say 「庭」; 「ガーデン」 is the loanword; 「園庭」 is a kindergarten yard; 「園」 is a written, elegant word; 園生 and 前栽 are written terms.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 樹木じゅもくを植うえたり、噴水ふんすいや花壇かだん、池いけ、築山つきやまなどがつくられた広ひろい庭にわ。
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