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 Forestry Agency Tomohide Akiyama in 1982. Compound of 森林 (shinrin, “forest”) +‎ 浴 (yoku, “bath, bathing”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しんり​んよく [shìńríꜜǹ'yòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][4][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩnɾʲĩɰ̃jo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

森(しん)林(りん)浴(よく) • (shinrin'yoku) 

  1. 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
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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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