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garden, landscaped garden, formal garden
A deliberately designed and maintained garden, typically larger and more elaborate than a home garden. Used for traditional Japanese gardens, botanical gardens, and formal estate gardens.
日本庭園を見学した。
I visited a Japanese garden.
この庭園は四季を通じて美しい。
This garden is beautiful throughout the four seasons.
京都には世界的に有名な枯山水の庭園がいくつもある。
Kyoto has several dry landscape gardens that are famous worldwide.
USAGE:
More formal and grander in scale than 庭 (yard, garden at home). 庭園 implies deliberate landscape design and is used for gardens open to the public, temple gardens, and estate gardens. Key types of Japanese gardens include:
- 枯山水: dry landscape garden (rock garden)
- 池泉回遊式庭園: strolling pond garden
- 露地: tea garden
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 日本庭園: Japanese garden
- 庭園を散策する: to stroll through a garden
- 庭園を手入れする: to tend a garden
- 回遊式庭園: strolling garden