Save Gender Feminine Usage History Scripts 妙林(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. MYO-REEN(Japanese) [key] Meaning & History Derived from Japanese 妙 (myō) meaning "mysterious, strange" and 林 (rin) meaning "woods". She was the wife of samurai warlord Yoshioka Akioki, and served the Otomo Clan. Myorin-ni was her Dharma name, her birthname is unknown.