原生林

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Chinese

primordial woods; forest
simp. and trad.
(原生林) 		原生 林

Pronunciation

Noun

原生林

  1. (forestry) old-growth forest

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原 生 林
げん
Grade: 2 		せい
Grade: 1 		りん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

原(げん)生(せい)林(りん) • (genseirin) 

  1. primeval forest
    Synonyms: 原始林 (genshirin), 処女林 (shojorin)
    • 1992, 佐島群巳, 堀内一男, 山下宏文, 学校の中での環境教育, 国土社, page 242:
      フィリピンでは20世紀(せいき)のはじめ国土面積(こくどめんせき)のおよそ75％が原生林(げんせいりん)であったが、現在(げんざい)はおよそ2.3(23)％にまで減少(げんしょう)し、木材(もくざい)の輸出国(ゆしゅつこく)から輸入国(ゆにゅうこく)になった経過(けいか)を認識(にんしき)させる。
      Firipin de wa nijusseiki no hajime kokudo menseki no oyoso nanajū-gopāsento ga genseirin de atta ga, genzai wa oyoso nīten-sanpāsento ni made genshō shi, mokuzai no yushutsukoku kara yunyūkoku ni natta keika o ninshiki saseru.
      In the Philippines, about 75% of the national land area was primeval forest at the beginning of the 20th century, but that has now dropped to as low as about 2.3%, demonstrating its transition from an exporter of lumber to an importer.

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