伐採

Japanese

伐採 (bassai): a tree that has been felled for logging.
Kanji in this term
ばつ > ばっ
Grade: S
さい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 伐採 (bjot tshojX, literally attack, strike + gather). More commonly encountered in modern Mandarin with the characters in the reverse order, as traditional 採伐 and simplified 采伐 (cǎifá, to fell / to cut).

Pronunciation

Noun

伐採 (hiragana ばっさい, rōmaji bassai)

  1. logging

Verb

伐採する (transitive, hiragana ばっさいする, rōmaji bassai suru)

  1. to cut down (trees), to fell
     (しん) (りん)立木 (たちき)伐採 (ばっさい)する
    shinrin no tachiki o bassai suru
    to fell timber from the forest

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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