Woodcutter (木樵∥樵) - Woodcutter

Japanese: きこり(木樵∥樵) - きこり
Woodcutter (木樵∥樵) - Woodcutter
In Japan, it is sometimes used synonymously with soma. The word soma originally meant the mountain itself where trees were planted and timber was harvested, i.e. somayama, but later it came to refer to the timber extracted from the mountain, somagi, the felling of the trees, somadori and somadate, the timber construction, and even the river transport of timber, a broad range of woodsmen. In particular, the person who cuts down trees in the somadori and somadate forests, and the person who makes a living from this, is called a lumberjack, and sometimes woodcutter and woodman are used synonymously.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
日本では,杣(そま)と同義に用いられることがある。杣という語はもともと木を植え付けて材木をとる山そのもの,すなわち杣山(そまやま)を意味したが,後にはそこから採出した用材である杣木(そまぎ),その伐採の杣取(そまどり)・杣立(そまだて)や造材の杣造(そまづくり)から,さらに河川の運材作業の杣下(そまくだし)を含め,それらのことをひろく生業とする杣人(そまびと|そまうど)の称ともなった。とりわけ,杣取・杣立の山林の木を切ること,また,それを職とするものをきこりというが,杣人と樵夫(きこり)が同義語として用いられることもないではない。

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