春季|しゅんきshunki[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounspring season

• SynonymプランタンNeutralFrench loanword for springtime; mostly seen in shop names and rarely used in everyday speech.
• Synonym春期しゅんきWrittenWritten word for the spring period, mainly for school terms and competitions, as in 「春期講習」; 「春季」 centers on the season itself.
• Related春陽しゅんようWrittenWritten word for spring sunshine, by extension the spring season itself; poetic, often in seasonal greetings in letters. 「春季」 is the formal name of the season.
• RelatedプランタンNeutralFrench loanword for springtime; mostly seen in shop names and rarely used in everyday speech.
• Related春はるNeutralThe everyday word for spring, by far the most common; also a metaphor for the prime of life, as in 「人生の春」.
• Related三春さんしゅんWrittenWritten, literary word for the three spring months; archaic and elegant, found mainly in haiku and Chinese-style poetry.
• Antonym秋季しゅうきWrittenWritten word for the autumn season, the counterpart of 「春季」.

Use 「春季」 for spring in formal contexts, as in 「春季大会」 and 「春季休暇」. In everyday speech say 「春」; for school terms and courses use 「春期」, and 「春陽」 suits seasonal greetings in letters. The matching autumn word is 「秋季」.

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1. 春はるの季節きせつ。