小庭

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
小 庭
こ
Grade: 1		 にわ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Superficially, 小(こ) (ko, “small”) + 庭(にわ) (niwa, “garden”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɲ̟iɰᵝa̠]

Noun

小(こ)庭(にわ) • (koniwa) ←こには (konifa)?

  1. a small garden, narrow garden
    Antonyms: 大庭 (ōniwa), 大場 (ōba)
  2. (equestrianism) a narrow training ground for practicing the use of longswords on horseback
  3. earthen floor of a farmhouse, where rice is threshed
    Synonym: 土間 (doma)

See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
小 庭
しょう
Grade: 1		 てい
Grade: 3
kan’on

Attested from the 9th century.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːte̞ː]

Noun

小(しょう)庭(てい) • (shōtei) 

  1. a small garden, narrow garden

References
  1. “小庭”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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