上じょう旬じゅん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

first third of a month; first ten days of a month

Refers roughly to days 1 through 10 of a month. Common in written and spoken scheduling expressions such as 4月上旬 and 来月上旬.

中ちゅう旬じゅん
Means the middle third of a month, roughly days 11 through 20.
下げ旬じゅん
Means the last third of a month, roughly from the 21st to the end of the month.

A Sino-Japanese compound: 上 means 'upper' or 'early' in this date-division context, and 旬 means a ten-day period.