叢そう林りん

noun

dense wood; thick forest

Literary or descriptive term for a thick, overgrown forest. Not an everyday word; 密林 (みつりん) is more common for 'dense jungle/forest'.

• その山やまの奥おくには深ふかい叢そう林りんが広ひろがっている。

  Deep in the mountains, a dense forest spreads out.

noun

large Zen temple; monastery

Buddhist term. Originally referred to a place where monks gathered like trees in a forest; now a formal name for a major Zen training monastery.

• 永えい平へい寺じは有ゆう名めいな叢そう林りんの一ひとつです。

  Eihei-ji is one of the famous large Zen temples.