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gardener; landscape gardener; nurseryman
A professional who tends gardens — pruning trees, shaping hedges, and maintaining plantings — or who grows and sells garden trees and plants. Refers to the trade or the person practicing it.
植木屋に庭を頼んだ。
We hired a gardener for the yard.
植木屋さんが松の木をきれいに剪定してくれた。
The gardener pruned the pine tree beautifully for us.
祖父は長年植木屋として近所の庭を手入れしてきた。
My grandfather worked for many years as a gardener tending the neighborhood's yards.
Refers both to the gardening trade and to the gardener. Often used with the polite 屋さん form (植木屋さん) when speaking of or to the person.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 植木屋に頼む: to hire/ask a gardener
- 植木屋を呼ぶ: to call in a gardener
- 腕のいい植木屋: a skilled gardener
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 庭師: gardener — a more formal, craftsman-oriented term, often for traditional Japanese gardens