森林浴

Chinese

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 浴
simp. #(森林浴) 森林 浴

Pronunciation

Noun

森林浴

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
森 林 浴
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”) + 浴(よく) (yoku, “bath, bathing”).[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しんりんよく [shìńríꜜǹ'yòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][5][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩn̺ɾʲĩɰ̃jo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

森(しん)林(りん)浴(よく) • (shinrin'yoku) 

  1. shinrinyoku, forest bathing

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 森林浴 (sēnlínyù)
  • English: → shinrinyoku, → forest bathing (calque)
  • → Korean: 삼림욕 (samnimyok)
  • → Portuguese: banho de floresta (calque)
  • → Spanish: baño de bosque (calque)

References

  1. ^ “森林浴”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (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, editor (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
森林浴

Noun

森林浴 • (samnimyok) (hangeul 삼림욕)

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