Etymology

satoyama

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Today it means: A border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land in Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 里山
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from里山
  2. English todaysatoyama

Borrowed from Japanese 里山 (satoyama).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.