森林浴
Chinese
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 森林浴 (shinrin'yoku, “forest bathing”)
forest; trees; forest | bath; to bathe | ||
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trad. (森林浴) | 森林 | 浴 | |
simp. #(森林浴) | 森林 | 浴 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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森 | 林 | 浴 |
しん Grade: 1 |
りん Grade: 1 |
よく Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Coined by Japanese director of Forestry Agency Tomohide Akiyama in 1982. Compound of 森林 (shinrin, “forest”) + 浴 (yoku, “bath, bathing”).[1][2][3]
Noun
森林浴 • (shinrin'yoku)
- forest bathing, shinrinyoku, visiting the woods to soothe oneself mentally
Descendants
- → Chinese: 森林浴 (sēnlínyù)
- English: → shinrinyoku, → forest bathing (calque)
- → Korean: 삼림욕 (samnimyok)
- → Portuguese: banho de floresta (calque)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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