森林|しんりんshinrin[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveforest; woods
   その国くには森林しんりんでおおわれている。↗

   The land is clothed with woods.

• Synonym樹林じゅりんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Dense woodland of thickly growing trees, used in geography and landscape writing; in everyday speech say 「森林」 or 「林」.
• Synonym林はやしNeutralWoods smaller in scale than 「森」; 「森林」 is the umbrella term and leans written/formal.
• Synonym森もりNeutralDense, thickly wooded forest; also the groves at shrines. 「森林」 is the umbrella term and leans written/formal.
• Synonym林地りんちNeutralA legal and forestry term for land devoted to forestry; 「森林」 is the woods itself, not the land.
• Synonym森林地しんりんちWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. Land where many trees grow; in daily conversation just say 「森林」.
• Synonym森林地帯しんりんちたいNeutralA region over which large forests spread; 「森林」 refers to the woods itself, not the wider area.

「森林」 is the umbrella term and the usual choice in writing. In everyday speech, pick 「森」 for dense woods and 「林」 for smaller ones. For land used in forestry, say 「林地」; for a forest region, 「森林地帯」. 「樹林」 and 「森林地」 are written alternatives.

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