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Kotomora

森

forest, woods

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 1FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • シン

Kun'yomi

  • もり

Nanori

  • もと

Meaning

森 centers on a dense collection of trees: a forest or woods. The idea is simply many trees together in one place.

Most common words using 森

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  • 森もり
    N4

    forest

  • 青森あおもり

    Aomori (city, prefecture)

  • 森林しんりん
    N2

    forest; woods

  • 大森おおもり

    large forest

  • 森羅万象しんらばんしょう

    all things in nature; the whole creation

  • 森林公園しんりんこうえん

    forest park

  • 森林浴しんりんよく

    forest bathing; forest therapy; peaceful walk through the woods for health benefits

  • 森林地帯しんりんちたい

    wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands

  • あつまれどうぶつの森あつまれどうぶつのもり

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons (video game)

  • あつ森あつもり

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons (video game) (abbr)

  • どうぶつの森どうぶつのもり

    Animal Crossing (video game series)

  • どう森どうもり

    Animal Crossing (video game series) (abbr)

  • ぶつ森ぶつもり

    Animal Crossing (video game series) (abbr)

  • ノルウェイの森ノルウェイのもり

    Norwegian Wood (1987 novel by Haruki Murakami)

  • ノルウェーの森ノルウェーのもり

    Norwegian Wood (Beatles song)

  • 大森林だいしんりん

    extensive forest; vast forest; large forest

  • 小森コーポレーションこもりコーポレーション

    Komori Corporation

  • 木の葉を隠すなら森の中このはをかくすならもりのなか

    if you want to hide a leaf, the best place is a forest

  • 木を見て森を見ずきをみてもりをみず

    to not see the forest for the trees; to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture

  • 木を隠すなら森の中きをかくすならもりのなか

    if you want to hide a tree, the best place is a forest

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Etymology

森 is formed by tripling the tree radical 木, directly representing many trees growing together as a forest.

Meaning mnemonic

Three trees 木 stacked together: one on top and two below (林). That many trees in one place makes a forest.

Reading mnemonic

For シン, imagine a dense forest so thick that sunlight barely reaches the ground, creating a deep, shin (しん) silence. The quiet shin of the forest cues シン.