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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
松林
- pinewood forest
Proper noun
松林
- (~市) Songrim (a city in North Korea)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
松林 • (matsubayashi)
- pinewood forest
Proper noun
松林 • (Matsubayashi)
- a surname.
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from Korean 송림(松林) (songnim).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
松林 • (Shōrin)
- Songrim (a city in North Korea)
Etymology 3
From Korean 송림(松林) (songnim).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
松林 • (Sonrimu)
- Songrim (a city in North Korea)
References
- “松林”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- “松林”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- “松林”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Korean
Proper noun
松林 • (Songnim) (hangeul 송림)
- hanja form? of 송림 (“Songrim”)