(ていえん)

ていえん
noun
garden (formal, landscaped)
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)見学(けんがく)した。
I visited a Japanese garden.
この庭園(ていえん)四季(しき)(つう)じて(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)有名(ゆうめい)枯山水(かれさんすい)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 (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:

  • 日本(にほん)庭園(ていえん): Japanese garden
  • 庭園(ていえん)散策(さんさく)する: to stroll through a garden
  • 庭園(ていえん)手入(てい)れする: to tend a garden
  • 回遊式(かいゆうしき)庭園(ていえん): strolling garden