庭園(ていえん)

ていえん
noun
garden (formal, landscaped)
natureculture
1. 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(にほん)庭園(ていえん)を見学(けんがく)した。
I visited a Japanese garden.
この庭園(ていえん)は四季(しき)を通(つう)じて美(うつく)しい。
This garden is beautiful throughout the four seasons.
京都(きょうと)には世界的(せかいてき)に有名(ゆうめい)な枯山水(かれさんすい)の庭園(ていえん)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(にわ) (yard, garden at home). 庭園(ていえん) 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(かれさんすい): dry landscape garden (rock garden)
  • 池泉回遊式(ちせんかいゆうしき)庭園(ていえん): strolling pond garden
  • 露地(ろじ): tea garden

Common collocations

Related Words

Synonym: 庭(にわ) (yard, home garden)
Compare: 植物園(しょくぶつえん) (botanical garden)
Compare: 花園(はなぞの) (flower garden)
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Added 2026.2.21 15:48 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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