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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)
On readings
リン
Kun readings
はやし
Words with 林
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —風致林forest preserved for its scenic beauty
- —降雨林rainforest
- —傘伐林shelterwood forest
- —防風林windbreak (forest); shelterbelt
- —温帯林temperate forest
- —大辞林Daijirin (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
- —多雨林rainforest
- —少林流(Shorin-ryu) Okinawa school of karate
- —少林拳Shaolin kung fu
- —二次林secondary forest; second-growth forest
- —林務官forester
- —林邑楽Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)
- —林鐘梅Chinese bushberry; bush cherry; Prunus japonica
- —和林檎Chinese apple (Malus asiatica)
- —紅樹林mangrove forest
- —大寿林reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- —森林地woodland; forested area
- —雲霧林cloud forest
- —談林派Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
- —談林風playful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century