初しょ春しゅん

noun

early spring; beginning of spring

Refers to the early part of spring, roughly from the start of spring (立春) through February and into March. Used in both everyday and literary contexts.

• 初しょ春しゅんの陽よう気きに誘さそわれて散さん歩ぽに出でかけた。

  Lured by the early spring weather, I went out for a walk.

• 初しょ春しゅんとはいえ、まだ風かぜは冷つめたい。

  Even though it's early spring, the wind is still cold.

noun

first month of the lunar calendar

Traditional term for the first month of the lunar calendar (roughly February). Now mainly encountered in historical or cultural contexts, such as haiku season words.

• 旧きゅう暦れきでは、初しょ春しゅんは新しん年ねんの始はじまりを意い味みした。

  In the old lunar calendar, 初春 meant the start of the new year.