矢や庭にわ

noun

archery range

Archaic term for a place where archery was practiced. In modern Japanese, 矢庭 is almost never used independently; it survives mainly in the set phrase 矢庭に (suddenly, immediately), which is itself archaic or literary.

See also: やにわに

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには、武ぶ士したちが矢や庭にわで稽けい古こに励はげんだ様よう子すが記しるされている。

  Old documents describe how warriors trained diligently at the archery range.