伐

Meaning

伐 centers on forceful action against a target: cutting down, striking, attacking, or punishing. The meanings share the idea of bringing something down with deliberate force.

• 討伐とうばつ

  subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

• 伐採ばっさい

  felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering

• 殺伐さつばつ

  brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

• 征伐せいばつ

  conquest; subjugation; overcoming

• 間伐かんばつ

  periodic thinning (e.g. forest)

• 伐るきる

  to cut down (e.g. trees)

• 乱伐らんばつ

  reckless deforestation; overcutting of forests

• 三韓征伐さんかんせいばつ

  conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)

• 主伐しゅばつ

  final cutting (of trees); regeneration cutting

• 伐倒ばっとう

  felling

• 伐期ばっき

  time for harvesting (of trees)

• 伐木ばつぼく

  felling; logging

• 傘伐林さんばつりん

  shelterwood forest

• 党同伐異とうどうばつい

  narrow partisanship

• 北伐ほくばつ

  Northern Expedition (China; 1926-1928)

• 南征北伐なんせいほくばつ

  attacking in all directions

• 択伐たくばつ

  selection cutting (of trees); selective cutting

• 攻伐こうばつ

  subjugation; attacking; conquering

• 朝鮮征伐ちょうせんせいばつ

  Imjin War (1592-1597)

• 木を伐るきをきる

  to fell a tree

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