植木(うえき)屋(や)

うえきや
noun
gardener; landscaper
occupation
1. 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(うえき)屋(や)に庭(にわ)を頼(たの)んだ。
We hired a gardener for the yard.
植木(うえき)屋(や)さんが松(まつ)の木(き)をきれいに剪定(せんてい)してくれた。
The gardener pruned the pine tree beautifully for us.
祖父(そふ)は長年(ながねん)植木(うえき)屋(や)として近所(きんじょ)の庭(にわ)を手入(てい)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(や)さん form (植木(うえき)屋(や)さん) when speaking of or to the person.

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Similar words

  • 庭師(にわし): gardener — a more formal, craftsman-oriented term, often for traditional Japanese gardens

Related Words

Compare: 庭師(にわし) (gardener)
Compare: 造園(ぞうえん)士(し) (landscape gardener)
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