Chinese

Noun

菜園

1. vegetable garden

Japanese

Noun

菜園 ‎(hiragana さいえん, romaji saien)

1. vegetable garden
   • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:

     庭 (にわ)を東 (ひがし)へ二十歩 (にじゅうほ)に行 (い)き尽 (つく)すと、南上 (みなみあ)がりにいささかばかりの菜園 (さいえん)があって、

     niwa o higashi e ni jū ho ni ikitsukusu to, minami agari ni isasaka bakari no saien ga atte,

     About twenty steps to the east edge of our garden, there was a moderate-sized vegetable yard, rising toward the south,

Synonyms

• 野菜畑 (やさいばたけ) ‎(yasaibatake)