森林浴

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Chinese

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Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 森林浴(しんりんよく) (shinrin'yoku, forest bathing)

forest; trees; forest bath; to bathe
trad. (森林浴) 森林
simp. #(森林浴) 森林

Pronunciation


Noun

森林浴

  1. forest bathing (shinrinyoku), visiting the woods to soothe oneself mentally

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 1
りん
Grade: 1
よく
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Coined by Japanese director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tomohide Akiyama in 1982[1] from a compound of 森林(しんりん) (shinrin, forest) + (よく) (yoku, bath, bathing).[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

(しん)(りん)(よく) (shinrin'yoku

  1. shinrinyoku, forest bathing

Descendants

References

  1. ^ 森林浴”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

森林浴 (samnimyok) (hangeul 삼림욕)

  1. hanja form? of 삼림욕 (Nature therapy (lit "forest bathing"))