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

• たちうち (tachiuchi, “fighting with longswords”)
• 太刀(たち) (tachi, “longsword”)

Etymology 2

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

Attested from the 9th century. (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