Japanese symbol for “lumbering”
伐採
ばっさい
Romaji: bassai
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
In Japanese, lumbering is 伐採, read ばっさい (bassai).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “lumbering”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重い | おもい omoi | slow; sluggish; lumbering |
| のっそり | のっそり nossori | sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly |
| 山仕事 | やましごと yamashigoto | forestry; lumbering; timbering |
| ドシンドシン | ドシンドシン doshindoshin | walking (with heavy steps); tramping; lumbering |
| のっしのっし | のっしのっし nosshinosshi | walking heavily; lumbering |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 間伐 | かんばつ kanbatsu | periodic thinning (e.g. forest) |
| 討伐 | とうばつ toubatsu | subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing |
| 乱伐 | らんばつ ranbatsu | reckless deforestation; overcutting of forests |
| 殺伐 | さつばつ satsubatsu | brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce |
| 征伐 | せいばつ seibatsu | conquest; subjugation; overcoming |
| 採用 | さいよう saiyou | use; adoption; acceptance |
| 採取 | さいしゅ saishu | picking; collecting; harvesting |
| 採決 | さいけつ saiketsu | vote; ballot; division |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.