小庭
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 小 | 庭 |
| こ Grade: 1 |
にわ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
Superficially, 小 (ko, “small”) + 庭 (niwa, “garden”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ko̞ɲ̟iβ̞a̠]
Noun
小庭 • (koniwa) ←こには (konifa)?
- a small garden, narrow garden
- (equestrianism) a narrow training ground for practicing the use of longswords on horseback
- 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
小庭 • (shōtei)
References
- ^ “小庭”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006