林（はやし）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 3)
Meaning: grove
Example sentences
- 家の近くに小さな林がある。 — There is a small woods near my house.
- 林の中は静かで涼しい。 — It's quiet and cool inside the woods.
Idioms & proverbs containing “林”
- 酒池肉林 (しゅちにくりん) — sumptuous feast; debauch
- 風林火山 (ふうりんかざん) — as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain
- 剣林弾雨 (けんりんだんう) — fierce battle; intense combat
- 竹林の七賢 (ちくりんのしちけん) — Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians
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