grove, forest
林 centers on a cluster of trees: a grove or small forest, smaller and less dense than a deep forest.
林 is a compound of two 木 (tree) characters, directly representing a grove or small forest.
Two trees 木 standing together make a small forest or grove: 林.
For リン, imagine a ring of trees forming a grove: ring -> リン, and the trees stand in a circle.
wood; woods; forest; grove; copse; thicket
apple (fruit)
forest; woods
agriculture and forestry
path through forest; woodland path
forestry
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; woodland
ume grove; plum grove
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
rainforest
close thicket; dense forest; jungle
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
family working in the forest industry; forestry family
afforestation
in the forest
forest; woodland; woods; area of dense woody vegetation
pine forest
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
standing close together; bristling (with)
forest park