(もり)

もり
noun
forest, woods
1. forest
A large area covered with trees.
(もり)(なか)(ある)く。
To walk through the forest.
(もり)動物(どうぶつ)がいる。
There are animals in the forest.
(ふか)(もり)(まよ)った。
I got lost in the deep forest.
(もり)(とり)(こえ)()こえる。
I can hear birds in the forest.
(もり)空気(くうき)新鮮(しんせん)だ。
The forest air is fresh.
(もり)(はい)るのは(あぶ)ない。
It's dangerous to enter the forest.
2. woods, grove
A smaller wooded area.
神社(じんじゃ)(もり)(しず)かだ。
The grove around the shrine is quiet.
(ちい)さな(もり)がある。
There is a small woods.
公園(こうえん)(もり)(あそ)んだ。
We played in the park woods.
(いえ)(ちか)くに(もり)がある。
There's a small woods near my house.
学校(がっこう)(うし)ろに(ちい)さな(もり)があって、子供(こども)たちがよく(あそ)んでいる。
There's a small woods behind the school, and children often play there.

(もり) refers to a forest or wooded area, typically denser than (はやし).

COMPARE - FOREST WORDS:

  • (もり): forest, woods (denser, darker)
  • (はやし): grove, woods (sparser, lighter)
  • 森林(しんりん): forest (formal/technical term)
  • 山林(さんりん): mountain forest

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

  • 森林(しんりん)(よく): forest bathing (nature therapy)
  • 熱帯雨林(ねったいうりん): tropical rainforest
  • 原生林(げんせいりん): primeval forest

CULTURAL NOTE:
In Shinto, 鎮守(ちんじゅ)(もり) refers to sacred groves around shrines, believed to be dwelling places of (かみ) (gods).

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • (もり)(なか): in the forest
  • (ふか)(もり): deep forest