Kanji
Readingしゅん
Frequency30%
Used in (131 in total)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
spring day; spring sunlight
puberty; adolescence
spring flowers
spring breeze
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu
three spring months
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring
gentle spring rain; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
spring scenery
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)
spring water (from melting snow)
spring sunshine; springtime
vernal equinox; spring equinox
spring season
lamenting the passing of spring; lamenting the passing of one's youth
spring term (e.g. school); spring period
buying sex; hiring a prostitute
return of spring; rejuvenation
this spring; spring this year
puberty; adolescence; youth
spring sunlight; scenery of spring
spring; the springtime
spring thunder
deep sleep; sleep soundly
pornographic book
spring sludge; spring mud (caused by the melting of the snow); (muddy) slush
noble orchid (Cymbidium goeringii)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
Vernal Equinox Day (national holiday; March 20 or 21); Spring Equinox Day
in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log
everlasting spring; China rose (Rosa chinensis)
Spring and Autumn period (of Chinese history, approx. 770-403 BCE)
youthful crowd; crowd of young people coming into their own
Lunar New Year; Chinese New Year; Spring Festival
cold weather in early spring
spring clothing; New Year clothing
New Year's greetings
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
last spring; the spring of last year
pleasant tides of spring
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
scenery of spring; (arch.) lust; (arch.) sexual passion
Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
spring; springtime
bawdy song; lewd song; obscene song
sexual desire
spring breed of silkworm
second month of the lunar calendar
critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect
enjoyment of spring; interest in spring
to be young; to be young and have a promising future
spring scenery; spring air; signs of spring
damaging article published by the Shūkan Bunshun weekly
Wing Chun (traditional Chinese martial art)
spring training camp
warm spring weather; spring warmth
spring dawn; dawn of a spring day
spring labor offensive; annual spring wage bargaining round
change from spring to summer
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox
spring plowing
spring depression
New Year greeting
Seishun 18 ticket; seasonally available railway ticket for 5 days of unlimited travel on non-Shinkansen JR trains
beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
the vernal equinox (the equinoctal point)
a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)
long and balmy (of a spring day)
Ministry of Rites (Zhou-dynasty China)
lamps lit at night in spring
suburbs in springtime; fields in springtime
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
spring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.)
a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold
tranquil mood of spring; feeling of spring; sexual desire
spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season
pavilion for weapons storage (in Heian Palace)
warm and genial spring weather; genial and balmy
spring clothing; New Year clothing
Happy New Year
Edo-period Momotarō story version, where he is conceived from a peach
Act on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children
Ode to Early Spring
Chinese Spring Festival travel season; Chunyun period
spring outing
spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)
cloudy spring weather
(lit.) spring dust; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind
China rose (Rosa chinensis)
late spring; spring that comes late
spring day (which seems long and quiet)