旬
旬

decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)

6 strokesFrequency 1,162JLPT N1Grade 8

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Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

decameron

Constituents

勹bound up
日day
日sun

Mnemonic Stories

If you bind up ten days, you get a decameron.

Dictionary

Common Words

下旬げじゅんNounFreq #20575
1

last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

Examples
８月下旬に彼らは繁殖のために長い旅に出発します。
In late August, they set off on a long journey for breeding.
中旬ちゅうじゅんNounFreq #23434
1

middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

Examples
予定日は１月の中旬頃です。
I'm expecting my baby in the middle of January.
旬しゅん～の Adj.Freq #24511
1

Common noun

season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for)

Examples
イチゴは今が旬です。
Strawberries are in season now.
2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

in vogue; popular; hot; fresh

上旬じょうじゅんNounFreq #31434
1

first third of a month; first ten days of a month

Examples
７月の上旬は、海に行くのは早いかな？
I wonder if the first week or so of July is too early to go to the beach.
初旬しょじゅんNounAdverbFreq #41110
1

first 10 days of the month

旬じゅんNounFreq #79425
1

ten-day period (in a month)

2

ten-year period (in one's age); decade

波旬はじゅんNounFreq #94012
1

Buddhism

killer demon; demon who strives to destroy all goodness

旬日じゅんじつNounFreq #102012
1

ten-day period

四旬節しじゅんせつNounFreq #121089
1

Lent

旬の魚しゅんのさかなNounFreq #132703
1

fish in season

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