Moto 秋: AutumnKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュウ
- Kun'yomi
- あき、とき
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 170 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュウ)
- 今秋こんしゅうthis autumn; this fall
- 昨秋さくしゅうautumn of last year; fall of last year
- 春秋しゅんじゅうspring and autumn; spring and fall
- 千秋楽せんしゅうらくconcluding festivities; concluding program
- 秋季しゅうきfall season; autumn season
- 中秋ちゅうしゅう15th day of the 8th lunar month
- 初秋しょしゅうearly autumn (fall)
- 千秋せんしゅうthousand years; many years
- 春夏秋冬しゅんかしゅうとうspring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
- 晩秋ばんしゅうlate autumn (fall)
- 秋分しゅうぶんautumnal equinox; autumn equinox
- 秋水しゅうすいclear autumn water; clear fall water
- 一日三秋いちじつさんしゅう(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day
- 一日千秋いちじつせんしゅう(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day
- 三尺の秋水さんじゃくのしゅうすいsharpened sword
- 三秋さんしゅうthree autumn months; three fall months
- 三秋の思いさんしゅうのおもいlonging for loved ones
- 中秋の名月ちゅうしゅうのめいげつharvest moon
- 中秋節ちゅうしゅうせつmid-autumn festival (in China and Vietnam)
- 仲秋ちゅうしゅう15th day of the 8th lunar month
- 媚眼秋波びがんしゅうはcasting a coquettish (an amorous) glance (at a man)
- 孟秋もうしゅうbeginning of autumn
- 季秋きしゅうend of autumn
- 春秋に富むしゅんじゅうにとむto be young; to be young and have a promising future
- 春秋戦国しゅんじゅうせんごくthe Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
- 春秋戦国時代しゅんじゅうせんごくじだいthe Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
- 春秋時代しゅんじゅうじだいSpring and Autumn period (of Chinese history, approx. 770-403 BCE)
- 春花秋月しゅんかしゅうげつspring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season
- 暗送秋波あんそうしゅうはgiving an amorous sidelong look; casting an amorous glance (at)
- 暮秋ぼしゅうlate autumn (fall)
- 来秋らいしゅうnext autumn; next fall
- 杪秋びょうしゅうend of autumn (fall)
- 涼秋りょうしゅうcool autumn; cool fall
- 深秋しんしゅうdeep autumn (when the autumn has reached its climax)
- 清秋せいしゅうclear fall (weather); clear autumn
- 爽秋そうしゅうrefreshing and pleasant autumn
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 秋あきautumn; fall
- 秋口あきぐちbeginning of autumn; beginning of fall
- 秋晴れあきばれclear autumnal weather
- 秋祭りあきまつりautumn festival; fall festival
- 秋雨前線あきさめぜんせんautumn rain front; fall rain front
- 秋風あきかぜautumn breeze; fall breeze
- スポーツの秋スポーツのあきautumn, the best season for doing sports
- 一葉落ちて天下の秋を知るいちようおちててんかのあきをしるa straw will show which way the wind blows; a falling leaf shows that autumn has come
- 出来秋できあきautumn at harvest time; fall at harvest time
- 危急存亡の秋ききゅうそんぼうのときcrisis; critical moment
- 味覚の秋みかくのあきautumn, season of the tastes
- 夜の秋よるのあきcool, late summer night
- 天高く馬肥ゆる秋てんたかくうまこゆるあきautumn comes with harvest time and clear weather; autumn with the sky clear and blue, and horses growing stout
- 女心と秋の空おんなごころとあきのそらa woman is as fickle as autumn weather
- 実りの秋みのりのあきautumn, the harvest season
- 月の秋つきのあきautumn when the moon is beautiful
- 深山秋の麒麟草みやまあきのきりんそうEuropean goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea); woundwort
- 物言えば唇寒し秋の風ものいえばくちびるさむしあきのかぜsilence is golden
- 男心と秋の空おとこごころとあきのそらautumn weather is as fickle as a man's heart
- 秋あがりあきあがりsake that is brewed in winter, pasteurized, aged over the summer, and distributed in autumn after a second pasteurization
Other readings
- 川秋沙かわあいさcommon merganser
- 春秋の筆法しゅんじゅうのひっぽうcritical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect
- 海秋沙うみあいさred-breasted merganser
- 烏秋おうちゅうblack drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
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