庭

にわ · niwa · JLPT N5 · noun

garden

庭 — garden

🌳🏡 niwa sounds like knee-wa: you kneel (knee) to weed the garden

庭 = 广 (building under a roof) + 廷 (court): the courtyard attached to a house, which is where a Japanese garden sits. The sound niwa starts with knee, the joint you drop onto when weeding.

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