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see styles
chūn
    chun1
ch`un
    chun
 haru
    はる

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Spring Season
spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
(n,adv) (1) spring; springtime; (2) New Year; (3) prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); heyday; (4) adolescence; puberty; (5) sexuality; sexual desire; (personal name) Haruji

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 rai
    らい
(prefix) (1) next (year, spring, etc.); coming; (suffix) (2) since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years); (surname) Rei


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    ji1
chi
 hata
    はた

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Opportunity
(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic
loom; (surname) Hata
The spring, or motive principle, machine, contrivance, artifice, occasion, opportunity; basis, root or germ; natural bent, fundamental quality.


see styles

    lu3
lu
 ro
    ろ

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Rue
(bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period); (surname) Rou
Stupid, vulgar, honest.


see styles

    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 hitoshi
    ひとし

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Uniform / Complete / Perfect / Order
neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even something out
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i; (male given name) Hitoshi
Even, level, equal, uniform; complete, perfect; equalize; tranquillize; alike; all; at the same time, altogether.

四季

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sì jì
    si4 ji4
ssu chi
 shiki
    しき

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The Four Seasons
four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
the four seasons; (female given name) Yomogi

春雨

see styles
chūn yǔ
    chun1 yu3
ch`un yü
    chun yü
 shunu; harusame
    しゅんう; はるさめ

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Harusame / Spring Rain
spring rain; gift from above
(1) gentle spring rain; (2) (はるさめ only) thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch); (female given name) Harusame

詠春


咏春

see styles
yǒng chūn
    yong3 chun1
yung ch`un
    yung chun

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Wing Chun
Wing Chun; same as 詠春拳|咏春拳[yong3 chun1 quan2]; Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)

開花


开花

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kāi huā
    kai1 hua1
k`ai hua
    kai hua
 kaika
    かいか

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Opening / Blooming Flowers
to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
(n,vs,vi) (1) flowering; blooming; blossoming; coming into bloom; (n,vs,vi) (2) flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming; bearing fruit (of efforts); (female given name) Haruka

魯史


鲁史

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lǔ shǐ
    lu3 shi3
lu shih

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Russ
History of Kingdom Lu; refers to the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋

詠春拳


咏春拳

see styles
yǒng chūn quán
    yong3 chun1 quan2
yung ch`un ch`üan
    yung chun chüan

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Wing Chun Fist
Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)

春夏秋冬

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chūn xià qiū dōng
    chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1
ch`un hsia ch`iu tung
    chun hsia chiu tung
 shunkashuutou / shunkashuto
    しゅんかしゅうとう

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The Four Seasons
the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter
(n,adv) (yoji) spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons; (personal name) Hitotose

春宵一刻

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 shunshouikkoku / shunshoikkoku
    しゅんしょういっこく
(expression) (yoji) a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)

遍地開花


遍地开花

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biàn dì kāi huā
    bian4 di4 kai1 hua1
pien ti k`ai hua
    pien ti kai hua

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Flourish and Blossom Everywhere
(idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale

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quán
    quan2
ch`üan
    chüan
 izumi
    いずみ
spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
spring; fountain; (surname) Yanagiizumi

三春

see styles
sān chūn
    san1 chun1
san ch`un
    san chun
 sanshun
    さんしゅん
the three spring months
three spring months; (p,s,f) Miharu

回春

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huí chūn
    hui2 chun1
hui ch`un
    hui chun
 kaishun
    かいしゅん
return of spring
(1) return of spring; (2) rejuvenation; (3) recovery (from an illness)

大潮

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dà cháo
    da4 chao2
ta ch`ao
    ta chao
 ooshio
    おおしお
spring tide; (fig.) momentous social change
(See 小潮) spring tide; (given name) Daichō

季春

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jì chūn
    ji4 chun1
chi ch`un
    chi chun
 kishun
    きしゅん
final month of spring (i.e. third month of lunar calendar)
(1) late spring; (2) (obsolete) third month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Toshiharu

早春

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zǎo chūn
    zao3 chun1
tsao ch`un
    tsao chun
 soushun / soshun
    そうしゅん
early spring
(adv,n) early spring; (given name) Hajimu

春光

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chūn guāng
    chun1 guang1
ch`un kuang
    chun kuang
 shunkou / shunko
    しゅんこう
scenes of springtime; the radiance of spring; (fig.) a sight of something sexy or erotic; an indication of a love affair
spring sunlight; scenery of spring; (given name) Harumitsu

春分

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chūn fēn
    chun1 fen1
ch`un fen
    chun fen
 shunbun
    しゅんぶん
Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April
(See 二十四節気) vernal equinox; spring equinox

春季

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chūn jì
    chun1 ji4
ch`un chi
    chun chi
 shunki
    しゅんき
springtime
spring season; (female given name) Haruki

春意

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chūn yì
    chun1 yi4
ch`un i
    chun i
 shuni
    しゅんい
beginning of spring; thoughts of love
(1) tranquil mood of spring; feeling of spring; (2) sexual desire

春秋

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chūn qiū
    chun1 qiu1
ch`un ch`iu
    chun chiu
 shunjuu(p); haruaki / shunju(p); haruaki
    しゅんじゅう(P); はるあき
spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
(1) spring and autumn; spring and fall; (2) years; age; (3) (しゅんじゅう only) (See 五経) The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu; Chunqiu; Ch'un Ch'iu; (surname) Haruaki
spring and autumn

春節


春节

see styles
chūn jié
    chun1 jie2
ch`un chieh
    chun chieh
 shunsetsu
    しゅんせつ
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
Lunar New Year; Chinese New Year; Spring Festival

春耕

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chūn gēng
    chun1 geng1
ch`un keng
    chun keng
 shunkou / shunko
    しゅんこう
to plow a field in the spring
spring plowing; (given name) Shunkou

春色

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chūn sè
    chun1 se4
ch`un se
    chun se
 shunshoku
    しゅんしょく
colors of spring; spring scenery
spring scenery

春霖

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chūn lín
    chun1 lin2
ch`un lin
    chun lin
 shunrin
    しゅんりん
spring rains
(rare) spring rain

東風


东风

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dōng fēng
    dong1 feng1
tung feng
 kochi; toufuu; higashikaze; kochikaze / kochi; tofu; higashikaze; kochikaze
    こち; とうふう; ひがしかぜ; こちかぜ
easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
east wind; spring wind; (surname) Higashikaze

湧泉


涌泉

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yǒng quán
    yong3 quan2
yung ch`üan
    yung chüan
 wakumi
    わくみ
gushing spring
bubbling spring; gushing spring; fountain; (female given name) Wakumi

立春

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lì chūn
    li4 chun1
li ch`un
    li chun
 risshun
    りっしゅん
Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February
(See 二十四節気) first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)

踏青

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tà qīng
    ta4 qing1
t`a ch`ing
    ta ching
 tousei / tose
    とうせい
lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green); spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April
outing in spring; (given name) Tousei

朔望潮

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shuò wàng cháo
    shuo4 wang4 chao2
shuo wang ch`ao
    shuo wang chao
 sakubouchou / sakubocho
    さくぼうちょう
spring tide (biggest tide, at new moon or full moon)
(rare) (See 大潮) spring tide

春秋時代


春秋时代

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chūn qiū shí dài
    chun1 qiu1 shi2 dai4
ch`un ch`iu shih tai
    chun chiu shih tai
 shunjuujidai / shunjujidai
    しゅんじゅうじだい
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
(hist) Spring and Autumn period (of Chinese history; approx. 770-403 BCE)

諸子百家


诸子百家

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zhū zǐ bǎi jiā
    zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1
chu tzu pai chia
 shoshihyakka
    しょしひゃっか
the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
(yoji) (hist) Hundred Schools of Thought (during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period)
all the philosophers

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    wu2
wu
 go
    ご
Japanese variant of 吳|吴[Wu2]
(1) Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); (2) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; (3) (hist) (See 三国・2) Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Sun Wu; (4) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE); (surname) Gou
Wu


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tán
    tan2
t`an
    tan
 dan
to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)
A bullet, shot; to strum, snap; repress, impeach; translit. dan.

see styles

    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 hitoshi
    ひとし
old variant of 齊|齐[qi2]
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i; (male given name) Hitoshi

氿

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
mountain spring

see styles
yǒng
    yong3
yung
 waku
    わく
variant of 湧|涌[yong3]
(surname) Waku
To well, spring up.

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 minamoto
    みなもと
root; source; origin
(1) source (of a river); fountainhead; (2) source; origin; root; (surname) Motoshi
Spring, source, origin, fons et origo.

see styles

    ji4
chi
(literary) spring water gushing out

礿

see styles
yuè
    yue4
yüeh
spring imperial ancestral sacrifice

see styles

    ci2
tz`u
    tzu
 shi
    ほこら
shrine; to offer a sacrifice
(kana only) hokora; small wayside shrine
The spring ancestral sacrifice; the spring; ancestral temple, tablet, etc.

see styles
yuè
    yue4
yüeh
spring imperial ancestral sacrifice

see styles
huáng
    huang2
huang
 shita
    した
metallic reed; spring of lock
(See リード) reed (of a musical instrument)

see styles
xián
    xian2
hsien
 gen
    げん
variant of 弦; bow string; string of musical instrument; watch spring; chord (straight line joining two points on a curve); hypotenuse
(1) (See 弦・げん・2) string (of a shamisen, etc.); (2) stringed instrument; (female given name) Ito

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 negi(p); negi
    ねぎ(P); ネギ
(kana only) Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion

see styles
sōu
    sou1
sou
 nuta
    ぬた
madder (Rubia cordifolia); to hunt, esp. in spring; to gather; to collect
(surname) Nuta

see styles
lái
    lai2
lai
name of a country in Spring and Autumn period in modern Shandong, destroyed by Qi 齊|齐

see styles
xiá
    xia2
hsia
 yasumi
    やすみ
rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
(1) (kana only) haze (esp. in spring); mist; (2) (kana only) dimness (of sight); (surname) Yasumi

コシ

see styles
 koshi
    コシ
(1) back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; (2) body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

バネ

see styles
 pane
    パネ
(kana only) spring (e.g. coil, leaf); mainspring; power spring; (personal name) Pane

七種


七种

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qī zhǒng
    qi1 zhong3
ch`i chung
    chi chung
 nanatane
    ななたね
(1) (abbreviation) the seven spring flowers; (2) (abbreviation) the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; (3) (abbreviation) the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs; (surname) Nanatane
seven kinds

七草

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 nanakusa
    ななくさ
(1) (abbreviation) the seven spring flowers; (2) (abbreviation) the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; (3) (abbreviation) the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs; (surname, female given name) Nanakusa

三季

see styles
sān jì
    san1 ji4
san chi
 miki
    みき
(female given name) Miki
The "three seasons" of an Indian year— spring, summer, and winter; a year.

中春

see styles
 nakaharu
    なかはる
(1) (obsolete) second month of the lunar calendar; (2) (obscure) 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar (around mid-spring); (surname) Nakaharu

中潮

see styles
 nakashio
    なかしお
half tide (e.g. midway between spring and neap tides); (surname) Nakashio

中胎

see styles
zhōng tāi
    zhong1 tai1
chung t`ai
    chung tai
 chūtai
(中胎藏) The central figure of the eight-petalled group of the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala; i. e. the phenomenal Vairocana who has around him four Buddhas and four bodhisattvas, each on a petal. From this maṇḍala spring the four other great maṇḍalas.

九流

see styles
jiǔ liú
    jiu3 liu2
chiu liu
 kuru
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
九漏 idem | 孔.

五經


五经

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wǔ jīng
    wu3 jing1
wu ching
 go kyō
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
five [Chinese] classics

五霸

see styles
wǔ bà
    wu3 ba4
wu pa
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]

今春

see styles
 konshun
    こんしゅん
(n,adv) this spring; spring this year; (surname) Konparu

伏水

see styles
 fukusui
    ふくすい
(noun/participle) water gone underground (to emerge as a spring); (surname) Fushimizu

休屠

see styles
xiū tú
    xiu1 tu2
hsiu t`u
    hsiu tu
 kyūto
Lit. 'Desist from butchering, 'said to be the earliest Han term for 浮屠, 佛圖, etc., Buddha. The 漢武故事 says that the King of Vaiśālī 毘邪 killed King 體屠 (or the non-butchering kings), took his golden gods, over 10 feet in height, and put them in the 甘泉宮 Sweet-spring palace; they required no sacrifices of bulls or rams, but only worship of incense, so the king ordered that they should be served after their national method.

伯樂


伯乐

see styles
bó lè
    bo2 le4
po le
Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period); a good judge of talent; talent scout

兩河


两河

see styles
liǎng hé
    liang3 he2
liang ho
 ryōga
the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period); Mesopotamia
The 'two rivers', Nairañjanā, v. 尼, where Buddha attained enlightenment, and Hiraṇyavatī, see 尸, where he entered Nirvāṇa.

公室

see styles
gōng shì
    gong1 shi4
kung shih
office (room); ruling families during Spring and Autumn period

六時


六时

see styles
liù shí
    liu4 shi2
liu shih
 rokuji
    ろくじ
(1) six o'clock; (2) (Buddhist term) six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
The six 'hours' or periods in a day, three for night and three for day, i. e. morning noon, evening; night, midnight, and dawn. Also, the six divisions of the year, two each of spring, summer, and winter.

六經


六经

see styles
liù jīng
    liu4 jing1
liu ching
 roku kyō
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
six scriptures

内湯

see styles
 uchiyu
    うちゆ
indoor bath using water from a hot-spring

冷泉

see styles
 reisen / resen
    れいせん
cold mineral spring; (surname) Reizen

出湯

see styles
 deyu
    でゆ
hot spring; (place-name, surname) Deyu

初春

see styles
 hatsuharu
    はつはる
(1) early spring; beginning of spring; (2) New Year; (female given name) Hatsuharu

初鴬

see styles
 hatsuuguisu / hatsuguisu
    はつうぐいす
first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)

初鶯

see styles
 hatsuuguisu / hatsuguisu
    はつうぐいす
(out-dated kanji) first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)

刹利

see styles
chà lì
    cha4 li4
ch`a li
    cha li
 setsuri
(刹帝利); 刹怛利耶 kṣatriya. The second, or warrior and ruling caste; Chinese render it as 田主 landowners and 王種 royal caste; the caste from which the Buddha came forth and therefore from which all Buddhas (如來) spring.

勢み

see styles
 hazumi
    はずみ
(1) bounce; spring; rebound; (2) (kana only) momentum; impetus; impulse; stimulus; inertia; (3) (kana only) spur of the moment; impulse

勢む

see styles
 hazumu
    はずむ
(v5m,vi) to spring; to bound; to bounce; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to get lively; to treat oneself to; to splurge on

厩出

see styles
 umayadashi; mayadashi
    うまやだし; まやだし
letting horses out the barn to graze (in spring)

合い

see styles
 ai
    あい
(1) (abbreviation) between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing; (suffix) (2) together; (3) condition; situation; state; (4) -ish

合服

see styles
 aifuku
    あいふく
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing

合着

see styles
 aigi
    あいぎ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) between-season wear; clothes worn in spring or autumn (fall)

名水

see styles
 meisui / mesui
    めいすい
famous mineral water; famous spring; famous river

名湯

see styles
 meitou / meto
    めいとう
well-known hot spring

和煦

see styles
hé xù
    he2 xu4
ho hsü
 waku
    わく
warm; genial
(poetic term) warmth of the spring sun; (given name) Waku

噴泉


喷泉

see styles
pēn quán
    pen1 quan2
p`en ch`üan
    pen chüan
 funsen
    ふんせん
fountain
fountain; spring

四時


四时

see styles
sì shí
    si4 shi2
ssu shih
 shiji; shiiji / shiji; shiji
    しじ; しいじ
the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
(See 四季) the four seasons
four seasons

四気

see styles
 shiki
    しき
weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)

四起

see styles
sì qǐ
    si4 qi3
ssu ch`i
    ssu chi
to spring up everywhere; from all around

回彈


回弹

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huí tán
    hui2 tan2
hui t`an
    hui tan
(of something that has been deformed) to spring back to original shape; (fig.) to rebound; to bounce back

地涌

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dì yǒng
    di4 yong3
ti yung
 chiyō
To spring forth, or burst from the earth, a chapter in the Lotus Sutra.

塩泉

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 ensen
    えんせん
saline spring

外湯

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 sotoyu
    そとゆ
open air bath (in an inn, onsen, etc.); external hot spring bath

大種


大种

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dà zhǒng
    da4 zhong3
ta chung
 daishu
The four great seeds, or elements (四大) which enter into all things, i.e. earth, water, fire, and wind, from which, as from seed, all things spring.

大篆

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dà zhuàn
    da4 zhuan4
ta chuan
 daiten
    だいてん
the great seal; used narrowly for 籀文; used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
(See 六体) large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward)

子產


子产

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zǐ chǎn
    zi3 chan3
tzu ch`an
    tzu chan
Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period

孟春

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 moushun / moshun
    もうしゅん
(1) beginning of spring; (2) (obsolete) first month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Moushun

孫武


孙武

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sūn wǔ
    sun1 wu3
sun wu
 sonbu
    そんぶ
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
(person) Sun Tzu (Chinese general and strategist, 544-496 BCE)

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