Kanji 伐 Words: Meanings and Readings

伐つ

うつ

to attack

濫伐

らんばつ

reckless deforestation

伐採

ばっさい

felling timber

間伐

かんばつ

periodic thinning (e.g. forest)

伐りだす

きりだす

to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.)

皆伐

かいばつ

clear-cut logging

間伐材

かんばつざい

timber from forest thinning

殺伐

さつばつ

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.)

三韓征伐

さんかんせいばつ

conquest of the three Koreas (legendary military invasion of the Korean kingdoms; 3rd century CE)

傘伐林

さんばつりん

shelterwood forest

主伐

しゅばつ

final cutting (of trees)

除伐

じょばつ

improvement cutting (of trees)

森林伐採

しんりんばっさい

deforestation

征伐

せいばつ

chastisement

択伐

たくばつ

selection cutting (of trees)

朝鮮征伐

ちょうせんせいばつ

Imjin War (1592-1597)

党同伐異

とうどうばつい

narrow partisanship

盗伐

とうばつ

secretly felling trees

討伐

とうばつ

subjugation (using military force)

討伐軍

とうばつぐん

punitive force

南征北伐

なんせいほくばつ

attacking in all directions

伐る

きる

to cut down (e.g. trees)

伐期

ばっき

time for harvesting (of trees)

伐倒

ばっとう

felling

伐木

ばつぼく

felling

木を伐る

きをきる

to fell a tree

輪伐

りんばつ

logging in order by area

誅伐

ちゅうばつ

assailing criminals