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林 kanji
grove, forest
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
リン
Kun readings
はやし
Words with 林
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —蔚林dense forest; thick forest; May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
- —花林糖karintō (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)
- —林檎病erythema infectiosum; slapped cheek syndrome; fifth disease; Sticker disease
- —林檎酒(alcoholic) cider; hard cider
- —妙竹林weird; odd
- —林檎飴candied apple; toffee apple
- —林檎園apple orchard
- —林檎酸malic acid
- —檀林派Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
- —檀林風playful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century
- —林檎酢apple cider vinegar; cider vinegar
- —姫林檎Chinese crab apple (Malus prunifolia)
- —廣辞林Kōjirin (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
- —林檎の芯apple core; core of an apple
- —林檎の心apple core; core of an apple
- —林檎摘みpicking apples; harvesting apples
- —林檎狩りapple picking
- —魚つき林fish-breeding forest; riverside or coastal forest that encourages fish breeding
- —魚付き林fish-breeding forest; riverside or coastal forest that encourages fish breeding
- —雪崩防止林avalanche prevention forest; avalanche-restraining forest