樵きこる

yodan verb with 'ru' ending (archaic), intransitive verb

to cut down trees (in a mountain forest)

Archaic intransitive verb. In modern Japanese, the action is usually expressed with phrases like 木を切る or 伐採する. The related noun 木こり (woodcutter) survives.

• 昔むかし、山やまへきこりに行いくことを「樵きこる」と言いった。

  Long ago, going to the mountains to cut down trees was called 'kiru' (樵る).