also: しょうふ
noun
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
Refers to a person whose job is cutting down trees or logging. The word is straightforward and neutral in register.
祖父は若い頃、山で木こりをしていた。
My grandfather worked as a woodcutter in the mountains when he was young.
木こりが斧で大きな木を切り倒した。
The lumberjack felled a large tree with an axe.
Rarely used kanji form; the second kanji is uncommon.
Rare kanji form with an alternate reading; mostly historical or literary.
Derived from the verb 樵る (きこる, 'to cut down trees'), with the nominalizing suffix り. The kanji 木 (tree) and 樵 (woodcutter) are used, but the kana spelling 木こり is now standard.