1.
thicket; copse; woods of mixed trees
A small wood made up of various kinds of ordinary broadleaf trees rather than planted timber, often found near villages and farmland.
家の裏に雑木林がある。
There is a thicket behind the house.
子供のころ雑木林でよく虫を捕まえた。
As a child I often caught insects in the copse.
昔の里山には薪を取るための雑木林が広がっていた。
The old rural hills were covered with mixed woods used for gathering firewood.
Formed from 雑木 (assorted/miscellaneous trees) + 林 (woods), with rendaku making it ぞうきばやし. Refers to woods of mixed everyday trees, not a planted stand of a single timber species.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 雑木林が広がる: a thicket spreads out
- 雑木林を抜ける: pass through the woods
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 森: forest — larger and denser
- 林: woods — the general term; 雑木林 specifies a mix of ordinary, unplanted trees