Word Meaning 三寒四温

さんかんしおん sankanshion

三寒四温 is read as さんかんしおん (sankanshion) and means alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring).

Meaning

English

  1. alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring)

Reading

Kana

さんかんしおん

Romaji

sankanshion

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Yojijukugo Rank 88031 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三温糖

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brown sugar

再三再四

さいさんさいし

repeatedly

一都一道二府四十三県

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one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

四三の星

しそうのほし

the Big Dipper (asterism)

秩父三十四所

ちちぶさんじゅうよんしょ

thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture

張三李四

ちょうさんりし

the common run of men

六三三四制

ろくさんさんよんせい

six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)

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いちがんにそくさんたんしりき

firstly vision, secondly footwork, thirdly courage, fourthly technique (the most important aspects of kendo)

歳寒三友

さいかんさんゆう

the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)

三角形

さんかくけい

triangle

三味線

さみせん

shamisen

三角

さんかく

triangle