植しょく林りん

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植林する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	植しょく林りんする	植しょく林りんしない
Polite	植しょく林りんします	植しょく林りんしません
Past polite	植しょく林りんしました	植しょく林りんしませんでした
Past	植しょく林りんした	植しょく林りんしなかった
Te-form	植しょく林りんして	植しょく林りんしないで
Desire	植しょく林りんしたい	植しょく林りんしたくない
Potential	植しょく林りんできる	植しょく林りんできない
Passive	植しょく林りんされる	植しょく林りんされない
Causative	植しょく林りんさせる	植しょく林りんさせない
Causative passive	植しょく林りんさせられる	植しょく林りんさせられない
Volitional	植しょく林りんしよう
Polite volitional	植しょく林りんしましょう
Imperative	植しょく林りんしろ	植しょく林りんするな
Conditional	植しょく林りんすれば	植しょく林りんしなければ
Tara conditional	植しょく林りんしたら	植しょく林りんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

afforestation; tree planting

Refers to planting trees on land that was not recently forested, often for commercial or environmental purposes. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (transitive or intransitive).

この地ち域いきでは毎まい年とし、植しょく林りんが行おこなわれている。
Tree planting is carried out in this area every year.
山やまに杉すぎを植しょく林りんする計けい画かくがある。
There is a plan to plant cedar trees on the mountain.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に植しょく林りんするto plant trees / carry out afforestation in a place
山やまの斜しゃ面めんに植しょく林りんする計けい画かくが進すすんでいる。
Plans to plant trees on the mountain slope are moving forward.
〈物もの〉のために植しょく林りんするto plant trees for the sake of / with the aim of something
温おん暖だん化か防ぼう止しのために植しょく林りんする運うん動どうが広ひろがっている。
The movement to plant trees to prevent global warming is spreading.
植しょく林りんを進すすめるto promote / advance afforestation
政せい府ふは荒あれた土と地ちでの植しょく林りんを進すすめている。
The government is promoting afforestation on barren land.

Kanji

植plant
林grove, forest

Transitive / intransitive

植林 can be used both transitively and intransitively as a suru-verb: transitively as 「木を植林する」 (to plant trees) and intransitively as 「山に植林する」 (to carry out afforestation on a mountain).

Related words

造ぞう林りん
造林 is the broader term for creating or establishing forests (including seeding and natural regrowth management), while 植林 specifically means the act of planting tree saplings.
森しん林りん再さい生せい
森林再生 refers to forest restoration in general, which can include natural regeneration, whereas 植林 is specifically the active planting of trees.
植しょく樹じゅ
植樹 is the general act of planting trees (for any purpose, including ceremonial or ornamental), while 植林 specifically means planting trees to create or restore a forest, often for timber.
緑りょっ化か
植林 refers specifically to planting trees for forestry or timber, while 緑化 more broadly covers planting any vegetation to create green spaces.

Opposites

伐ばっ採さい
伐採 means cutting down or logging trees, the opposite activity to 植林, which means planting them.

Don't confuse with

植しょく樹じゅ
植樹 usually refers to planting a single tree or a small ceremonial number of trees (e.g. at an event), while 植林 refers to large-scale forestry planting.
植うえ木きN2
植林 means afforestation or tree-planting on a large scale, not an individual garden or potted plant like 植木.

Word family

植しょく林りん事じ業ぎょう
tree-planting program; afforestation project

Etymology

Compound of 植 (plant) and 林 (forest). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese term for tree planting.