中ちゅう旬じゅん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th of a month

Calendar term referring roughly and usually specifically to days 11 through 20 of a month; often used after a month name, as in 4月中旬.

〈数すう〉月がつ中ちゅう旬じゅんにin the middle of [month]
4月がつ中ちゅう旬じゅんに花はな見みをする予よ定ていです。
We're planning to go cherry-blossom viewing in mid-April.
〈時とき〉の中ちゅう旬じゅんにin the middle ten days of [a given month]
その月つきの中ちゅう旬じゅんには毎まい年ねんセールがある。
There's a sale every year in the middle of that month.

上じょう旬じゅんN3
上旬 refers to the first ten days of a month, while 中旬 refers to the middle ten days (11th–20th).
下げ旬じゅんN3
下旬 refers to the last part of a month (21st onward), whereas 中旬 refers to the middle ten days (11th–20th).

初しょ旬じゅんN3
初旬 and 中旬 look and sound similar and are often used in the same sentence patterns, but 初旬 means the first ten days of a month while 中旬 means the middle ten days.
下げ旬じゅんN3
中旬 means the middle ten days (11th–20th) of a month, and learners often mix it up with 下旬, which covers the final period (21st to month's end).

A Sino-Japanese compound: 中 means 'middle', and 旬 here means a ten-day period, so 中旬 is the middle ten-day period of a month.