後こう庭てい

noun

rear garden; backyard

Refers to a garden at the back of a house or building. A straightforward spatial term.

• 家いえの後こう庭ていに小ちいさな池いけを作つくった。

  I made a small pond in the back garden of the house.

noun

inner palace

Historical term for the inner area of a palace, especially in East Asian contexts. Rare in modern usage.

• 後こう庭ていは、王おう宮きゅうの奥おくにある私し的てきな空くう間かんを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  後庭 is a word that refers to the private space deep within a royal palace.