春
はる
hepburn haru
spring (season)
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 春になると桜が咲きます。When spring comes, cherry blossoms bloom.
- 春休みに旅行する予定です。I plan to travel during spring break.
Collocations
春 (haru, spring)春休み (haru-yasumi, spring break)春一番 (haru-ichiban, first spring storm)桜 (sakura, cherry blossom)新学期 (shin-gakki, new school term)
Mnemonic
Haru (春) marks the start of Japan's four seasons and also the new school year / fiscal year (April) — the "April reset" cultural code is far stronger than in Korea or China (which start in March or September). The sakura (cherry blossom) lexical field is nearly synonymous with haru — full bloom, scatter, hanami (flower viewing) form the seasonal vocab cluster. Haru-ichiban (the first strong southerly storm after risshun) is a weather-news staple. Homophone alert: haru also means "to paste / stick" (貼る) — disambiguated by kanji and context.
Quick check
Which does NOT start in April in Japan?