間伐|かんばつkanbatsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbperiodic thinning (e.g. forest)
Conjugation
Dictionary form間伐する(かんばつする)
Polite (masu)間伐します(かんばつします)
Negative (nai)間伐しない(かんばつしない)
polite (masen)間伐しません(かんばつしません)
classical zu / nu間伐せず・間伐せぬ(かんばつせず・かんばつせぬ)
Past (ta)間伐した(かんばつした)
polite (mashita)間伐しました(かんばつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)間伐しなかった(かんばつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)間伐しませんでした(かんばつしませんでした)
Te form間伐して(かんばつして)
Potential間伐できる(かんばつできる)
Passive間伐される(かんばつされる)
Causative間伐させる(かんばつさせる)
Causative passive間伐させられる(かんばつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)間伐すれば(かんばつすれば)
tara間伐したら(かんばつしたら)
Volitional間伐しよう(かんばつしよう)
polite (mashou)間伐しましょう(かんばつしましょう)
Imperative間伐しろ(かんばつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related疎抜くうろぬくNeutralA verb for pulling out some buds or seedlings so cultivated plants are not overcrowded; 「間伐」 applies only to thinning forest trees.
  • Related摘果てきかNeutralThinning out fruit: removing surplus young fruit from fruit trees; its object is fruit, not the forest trees that 「間伐」 is used for.

Use 「間伐」 for cutting down some trees when a forest has grown too dense, as in 「間伐材」; thinning seedlings of cultivated plants is 「疎抜く」 or 「間引く」, and removing excess fruit from fruit trees is 「摘果」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 植林しょくりんによる林はやしの管理かんりの仕方しかたで、成長せいちょうに伴ともなって密みつになり過すぎた森林しんりんの立木りゅうぼくを一部いちぶ伐採ばっさいすること。
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