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shinrin-yoku

森林浴shin-rin-YOH-koo[ɕinɾiɰ̃jokɯ]

a slow, restorative soak in the woods — forest-bathing

Closest in English: forest-bathing, forestbathing, tree-bathing. None of them covers it.

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The story

Japan's forestry agency coined it in 1982 as a public-health campaign, prescribing trees the way doctors prescribe exercise. Studies on blood pressure followed, and the wellness world carried the word abroad. In English it travels as forest-bathing.

How it went in the game

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  1. Which language is it from?Japanese
  2. What does it literally say?Woodland-bath
  3. Where would you hear it?A pine forest with your phone off
  4. What does it mean?A slow, healing walk among trees

How it went

Round two, literally, was where most points went.

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