Moto 春: Springtime; Spring (season)Kanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュン
- Kun'yomi
- はる
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 232 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュン)
- 今春こんしゅんthis spring; spring this year
- 春闘しゅんとうspring labor offensive; annual spring wage bargaining round
- 来春らいしゅんnext spring
- 青春せいしゅんyouth; springtime of life
- 昨春さくしゅんlast spring; the spring of last year
- 売春ばいしゅんprostitution
- 春秋しゅんじゅうspring and autumn; spring and fall
- 新春しんしゅんNew Year (Spring)
- 春季しゅんきspring season
- 思春期ししゅんきpuberty; adolescence
- 売春婦ばいしゅんふprostitute
- 三春さんしゅんthree spring months
- 初春しょしゅんbeginning of spring
- 早春そうしゅんearly spring
- 春分しゅんぶんvernal equinox; spring equinox
- 春夏秋冬しゅんかしゅうとうspring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
- 春陽しゅんようspring sunshine; springtime
- 春雨しゅんうgentle spring rain
- 晩春ばんしゅんlate spring
- 立春りっしゅんfirst day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)
- 翌春よくしゅんnext spring
- 中春ちゅうしゅんsecond month of the lunar calendar
- 仲春ちゅうしゅんsecond month of the lunar calendar
- 児童売春じどうばいしゅんchild prostitution
- 咏春拳えいしゅんけんWing Chun (traditional Chinese martial art)
- 回春かいしゅんreturn of spring; rejuvenation
- 回春剤かいしゅんざいrejuvenating agent
- 回春型かいしゅんがたEdo-period Momotarō story version, where he is conceived from a peach
- 売春宿ばいしゅんやどbrothel
- 売春組織ばいしゅんそしきprostitution ring
- 売春街ばいしゅんがいred-light district
- 売春防止法ばいしゅんぼうしほうAnti-Prostitution Law
- 孟春もうしゅんbeginning of spring
- 季春きしゅんlate spring
- 惜春せきしゅんlamenting the passing of spring; lamenting the passing of one's youth
- 慶春けいしゅんHappy New Year
- 探春たんしゅんspring outing
- 文春砲ぶんしゅんほうdamaging article published by the Shūkan Bunshun weekly
- 早春賦そうしゅんふOde to Early Spring
- 明春みょうしゅんnext spring
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 春はるspring; springtime
- 春場所はるばしょspring (March) tournament, held in Osaka
- 春先はるさきbeginning of spring
- 春休みはるやすみspring break; spring vacation
- 小春こはる10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn
- 春めくはるめくto become spring-like; to show signs of spring
- 春一番はるいちばんfirst storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring
- アラブの春アラブのはるArab Spring (revolutionary wave in the Arab world, 2010-2011)
- プラハの春プラハのはるPrague Spring (1968 reform movement in Czechoslovakia)
- 人生の春じんせいのはるthe flower (prime) of youth; the spring of life
- 冬来たりなば春遠からじふゆきたりなばはるとおからじwhen winter comes spring isn't far behind
- 姫春蝉ひめはるぜみEuterpnosia chibensis (species of cicada)
- 小春びよりこはるびよりIndian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather
- 小春日こはるびmild late autumn day (around November); mild late fall day
- 常春とこはるeverlasting spring
- 我が世の春わがよのはるheyday; prime
Other readings
- 春風しゅんぷうspring breeze
- 児童買春じどうかいしゅんchild prostitution
- 児童買春禁止法じどうかいしゅんきんしほうAct on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children
- 小春日和こはるびよりIndian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather
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