Word Meaning 春窮

しゅんきゅう shunkyuu

春窮 is read as しゅんきゅう (shunkyuu) and means spring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.).

Meaning

English

spring staple shortage (before the harvest of rice, wheat, barley, etc.)

Reading

Kana

しゅんきゅう

Romaji

shunkyuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 132800 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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春闘

しゅんとう

spring labor offensive

春秋左氏伝

しゅんじゅうさしでん

Zuo zhuan (c. 4th century BC)

春暑し

はるあつし

summer-like (e.g. of weather in late spring)

春興

しゅんきょう

enjoyment of spring

春節

しゅんせつ

Lunar New Year

春摘み

はるつみ

spring picking

春宵一刻値千金

しゅんしょういっこくあたいせんきん

a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold

春車菊

はるしゃぎく

plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)

春潮

しゅんちょう

pleasant tides of spring

春興殿

しゅんこうでん

pavilion for weapons storage (in Heian Palace)

春風馬堤曲

しゅんぷうばていのきょく

haiku by Yosa Buson (Spring Wind on the Riverbank of Kema)

春疾風

はるはやて

strong spring storm