森
forest, woods
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
20 of 69- 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
Study
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.