森しん林りん

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ん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

forest; woods

General term for a forest or wooded area. Often used in formal, scientific, or environmental contexts, but also in everyday language.

この地ち域いきには広こう大だいな森しん

林りん

が

広ひろ

がっ

て

いる

。

A vast forest stretches across this region.

森しん林りん保ほ護ごは地ち球きゅう温おん暖だん化か対たい策さくの重じゅう要ような一いち部ぶだ。

Forest conservation is an important part of measures against global warming.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の森しん林りんが広ひろがるforest spreads/extends (over a place)
この地ち域いきには広ひろい森しん林りんが広ひろがっている。
A vast forest spreads across this region.
森しん林りんを守まもるto protect/preserve the forest
私わたしたちは森しん林りんを守まもるために活かつ動どうしている。
We are working to protect the forests.
森しん林りんの中なかを歩あるくto walk through the forest
週しゅう末まつは森しん林りんの中なかを歩あるいてリフレッシュした。
I refreshed myself by walking through the forest over the weekend.
森しん林りんが減げん少しょうするforest area decreases
近きん年ねん、世せ界かいの森しん林りんが急きゅう速そくに減げん少しょうしている。
In recent years, the world's forests have been rapidly decreasing.

Kanji

森forest, woods
林grove, forest

Related words· 7

森もりN4
森 is the common, everyday word for a forest, while 森林 is more formal and often used in scientific or environmental contexts.
林はやしN4
林 usually refers to a smaller, sparser wooded area or grove, whereas 森林 implies a larger, denser forest.
山さん林りんN2
山林 emphasizes forested mountain land, often in a legal or ownership sense, while 森林 is the general term for forest as an ecosystem.
密みつ林りん
森林 is the general, neutral word for forest, while 密林 stresses thickness and impenetrability, evoking a jungle rather than an ordinary woodland.

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林りん野や
森林 refers specifically to forested land, while 林野 is a broader administrative term covering both forests and open fields.
松まつ林ばやし
森林 is a general term for forest or woodland of any kind, while 松林 refers specifically to a forest of pine trees.
雑ぞう木き林ばやし
森林 is a formal, broad term for forest land used in academic or official contexts, while 雑木林 describes a specific small, mixed-species grove near villages.

Opposites

草そう原げんN1
森林 is forested land dominated by trees, the opposite landscape type to open, grassy 草原.

Word family· 20

森しん林りん公こう園えん
forest park
森しん林りん浴よく
forest bathing; forest therapy
森しん林りん地ち帯たい
wooded area; woodland; forest region

Etymology

Compound of 森 (しん, 'forest') and 林 (りん, 'woods'), both of which are kanji representing wooded areas. The combination reinforces the meaning of a large forest.

大だい森しん林りん

large forest; vast forest; extensive forest

森しん林りん地ち

woodland; forested area

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森しん林りん学がく
forestry; forest science
森しん林りん帯たい
forest zone; forest belt
シンリンオオカミ
timber wolf; lobo
森しん林りん率りつ
forest coverage rate; percentage of forested land
森しん林りん伐ばっ採さい
deforestation
森しん林りん保ほ全ぜん
forest conservation; forest preservation
森しん林りん保ほ護ご
forest protection; forest conservation
森しん林りん再さい生せい
reforestation; forest restoration

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