Home › Japanese › Glossary › gardening
Japanese vocabulary · Beginner
How do you say "gardening" in Japanese?
園芸
engei
In Japanese, "gardening" is 園芸 (engei).
Listen to the pronunciation:
Free Japanese learning game. No sign-up, play in browser. See all games
Pronunciation
Pronounce en-GEI, two syllables with en a soft nasal start and a gliding final gei like English 'gay' in 'gaiety'.
Writing and usage
園芸 is written using kanji. It's a noun, and this word is also taught inside the Noun Town language learning game, where it appears in interactive lessons alongside hundreds of other everyday words.
Example sentence
週末はガーデニングで忙しい。
shuumatsu ha gaadeningu de isogashii.
Gardening keeps him busy at weekends.
Test your Japanese knowledge in our free browser games.
How to remember 園芸
Engei starts with en, garden, echoing youchien's ending - gardening is the quiet art of tending that same kind of green space.
Related words
- volleyball バレーボール bareebooru
- gymnastics 体操 taisou
- skating スケート sukeeto
- surfing サーフィン saafin
- diving ダイビング daibingu
- sailing セーリング seeringu
- chess チェス chesu
- puzzle パズル pazuru
- painting 絵画 kaiga
Browse all Japanese words in the glossary.
Questions about 園芸
How do you pronounce 園芸?
Pronounce en-GEI, two syllables with en a soft nasal start and a gliding final gei like English 'gay' in 'gaiety'.
Is 園芸 formal or casual?
園芸 is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
How is 園芸 written in Japanese?
園芸 is written using kanji. Romanised, it reads as engei.
Where can I practice Japanese words for free?
You can play free Japanese minigames in your browser on the Noun Town online games page, with no sign-up needed. Every word in the Japanese glossary also has native audio and an example sentence you can revisit any time.
"Gardening" in other languages
Curated by Callan Ratcliffe
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation. Want to play the full game? Get Noun Town on Steam.
Noun Town on PC, Mac & VR
These browser games are just a taste. The full Noun Town is a bigger, deeper 3D world: explore a living town, talk to its characters and learn thousands of words in immersive VR, Mixed Reality, or on your computer. It's an award-winning game with 590+ reviews on Steam and 12 languages to learn.
See the full game ▶Spot an error? Email us at contact@noun.town