cypress woodland; hinoki grove
Refers to a forest or wooded area dominated by hinoki cypress trees. Often used in place names or nature descriptions.
A vast cypress woodland spreads across this mountain.
When you walk through the hinoki grove, you smell a pleasant fragrance.
Compound of 檜 (ひのき, 'hinoki cypress') and 林 (はやし, 'grove, woodland'). The reading はやし becomes ばやし due to rendaku.