庭
にわ
hepburn niwa
garden, yard
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 庭に花を植えました。I planted flowers in the garden.
- 日本庭園はきれいです。Japanese gardens are beautiful.
Collocations
庭 (niwa, garden / yard)庭園 (teien, garden — formal compound)日本庭園 (nihon teien, Japanese garden)枯山水 (karesansui, dry-landscape garden)坪庭 (tsuboniwa, small inner courtyard garden)
Mnemonic
庭 niwa — onyomi てい (tei): 庭園 (teien, formal "garden"), 家庭 (katei, household), 校庭 (koutei, schoolyard). Japanese garden styles influence global garden aesthetics: 池泉式 (pond style), 枯山水 (karesansui, dry-landscape gardens of stones and sand), 坪庭 (tsuboniwa, small inner courtyards). Kyoto's Ryōan-ji karesansui is a pinnacle of abstract aesthetics fused with Zen — 14 of 15 stones are visible from any one viewpoint, designed-incompleteness as beauty. The word compresses architectural space, aesthetic thought, and global influence. 家庭 (katei) literally "the home's garden" abstracted into "household" — garden as family-bond metaphor.
Quick check
Cognitive meaning of 庭 in 家庭?