Word of the Week 23

Word of the Week: Week 23

For this week, the word of the week is:

りん
(rin)

Woods, Forest, Grove

りん (rin) is the On-Yomi of 林, while the Kun-Yomi is はやし (Hayashi). The Kanji 林 is a combination of two 木 (ki). You can check the Kanji 木 in this link.

林 is also translated as small forest in order not to get confused with the English translation of森 (mori) which means big forest.

 For the writing of 林, you may check it in the link below:

Kanji: 林

Examples:

りんどう (Ri n do u) (林道) Forest road	しょくりん (Sho ku ri n) (植林) Afforestation	しんりん (Shi n ri n) (森林) Forest, Woodland
りんぎょう (Ri n gyo u) (林業) Forestry	まつばやし (Ma tsu ba ya shi) (松林) Pine Forest	さんりん (Sa n ri n) (山林) Mountain forest

はやしのなかでひとりでいるのはこわいです。
(林の中で一人でいるのは怖いです。)
(Hayashi no naka de hitori de iru no ha kowai desu.)
I’m scared to be alone in the forest.

りんどうはそのさきです。
(林道はその先です。)
(Rindou ha sono saki desu..)
The trail through the woods is on that way.


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