Translation guide
Describes the final part of the spring season, often used in poetic, literary, or calendar contexts. Japanese expressions vary by nuance: seasonal transition, the last days of spring, or the specific month.
Referring to the period when spring is ending and summer is approaching, often with a sense of fleeting beauty.
Literally 'late spring'. Commonly used in weather forecasts, haiku, and literary descriptions. Neutral formality.
Late spring warmth continues.
Literary term for the end of spring, evoking a sense of waning. Used in classical poetry and elegant prose.
In this late spring season, how is everyone doing?
Plain, everyday phrase meaning 'the end of spring'. Suitable for casual conversation.
Cherry blossoms fall at the end of spring.
Poetic expression for 'spring's end', often implying dusk or the close of the season. Used in traditional contexts.
Lost in thought at the close of spring.
Specifically indicating the last month of spring in the traditional or modern calendar.
Traditional Japanese name for the third lunar month, corresponding to late spring. Still used in poetic or formal contexts.
The sky of late spring (March) is slightly cloudy.
Simply 'March', the third month of the year, which is the end of spring in the modern calendar.
Used as a season word (kigo) in haiku to denote late spring.
Haiku season word for 'departing spring', expressing the transience of the season.
Spring departing— birds cry, and in the eyes of fish are tears. (Bashō)
Verb phrase meaning 'to lament the passing of spring'. Used as a kigo or in reflective writing.
Compose a poem with a heart that laments the passing of spring.
晩春 (ばんしゅん) is the standard term for late spring, used in weather and general writing. 暮春 (ぼしゅん) is more literary and evokes a sense of ending. 春の終わり (はるのおわり) is the most colloquial and direct way to say 'end of spring'.
If you are writing haiku, 行く春 (ゆくはる) is the classic kigo for late spring. It carries a sense of melancholy and transience.
March is the end of spring.