Word Meaning 春分の日

しゅんぶんのひ shumbun no hi

春分の日 is read as しゅんぶんのひ (shumbun no hi) and means Vernal Equinox Day (national holiday; March 20 or 21).

Meaning

English

Vernal Equinox Day (national holiday; March 20 or 21)
Spring Equinox Day

Reading

Kana

しゅんぶんのひ

Romaji

shumbun no hi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 93673 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

春の日

はるのひ

Spring Days (South Korean TV drama)

春日

はるび

spring day

春分

しゅんぶん

vernal equinox

小春日

こはるび

mild late autumn day (around November)

春日和

はるびより

sky pattern on a calm and clear day of spring

春分点

しゅんぶんてん

the vernal equinox (the equinoctal point)

春日明神

かすがみょうじん

Kasuga Myōjin (the deity of Kasuga Shrine)

春日祭

かすがまつり

Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)

春日遅々

しゅんじつちち

long and balmy (of a spring day)

日本食品標準成分表

にほんしょくひんひょうじゅんせいぶんひょう

standard tables of food composition in Japan

日本行動分析学会

にっぽんこうどうぶんせきがっかい

Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis

日本交流分析協会

にっぽんこうりゅうぶんせききょうかい

Japan Transactional Analysis Association

Example Sentences

春分の日を境に昼が夜より長くなり、生物はかなり生気に満ちてきます。

From the spring equinox the days become longer than the nights, and living creatures are becoming full of life.

日本では春分の日と秋分の日は国民の祝日だが、夏至と冬至は祝日ではない。

In Japan, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes are national holidays, but the summer and winter solstices are not.