I tried looking up the word for forest, and was surprised by what I found. Interestingly enough, there are about four words that translate into forest. These are:


  • 樹林 =  じゅりん

  • = はやし = Alternative translations are woods, copse and thicket

  • 森林 = しんりん =  Can also mean woods

  • 山林 = さんりん = This literally means mountain forest, or mountains and forest



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