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林

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

林 — “woods, grove”

林 (read はやし) means woods, grove. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

はやし

Meaning

woods, grove

林 in a sentence

家いえの裏うらに竹たけの林はやしがあります。

There is a bamboo grove behind the house.

The kanji in 林

林grove (small forest)

Words that share a kanji with 林

山林さんりん— forest, mountain forest, woodland
森林しんりん— forest, woodland

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