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
- 林 = 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