小こ庭にわ

noun

small garden; small yard

Refers to a physically small garden or courtyard, often attached to a house. The reading こにわ is standard; しょうてい is a rarer literary or formal variant.

• 家いえの裏うらに小こ庭にわがあって、母ははが花はなを育そだてている。

  There is a small garden behind the house, and my mother grows flowers there.

• この喫きっ茶さ店てんには落おち着ついた小こ庭にわがある。

  This café has a quiet little courtyard.