春（はる）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: spring
Example sentences
- 春になると、桜がきれいに咲く。 — When spring comes, the cherry blossoms bloom beautifully.
- 春は暖かくて過ごしやすい。 — Spring is warm and comfortable.
Idioms & proverbs containing “春”
- 春夏秋冬 (しゅんかしゅうとう) — spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
- 春眠暁を覚えず (しゅんみんあかつきをおぼえず) — in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log
- 春宵一刻値千金 (しゅんしょういっこくあたいせんきん) — a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold
- 春に３日の晴れ間なし (はるにみっかのはれまなし) — good weather never lasts for three days in spring
- 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
- 春風駘蕩 (しゅんぷうたいとう) — warm and genial spring weather; genial and balmy
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