春しゅん秋じゅう

noun

spring and autumn; spring and fall

Refers to the two seasons; often used in literary or descriptive contexts. The reading はるあき is possible but less common.

• 春しゅん秋じゅうの季き節せつの変かわり目めは体たい調ちょうを崩くずしやすい。

  It's easy to get sick during the change of seasons in spring and autumn.

noun

years; age

Used to refer to a person's age or the passage of years, often in formal or literary expressions. Common in phrases like 春秋に富む (to be young and have many years ahead).

• 彼かれはまだ春しゅん秋じゅうに富とむ青せい年ねんだ。

  He is a young man with many years ahead of him.

noun

The Spring and Autumn Annals; Chunqiu

Only with reading しゅんじゅう

Refers to the ancient Chinese historical chronicle of the State of Lu, one of the Five Classics (五経). Reading is restricted to しゅんじゅう.

See also: 五経

• 「春しゅん秋じゅう」は孔こう子しが編へん纂さんしたと伝つたえられる歴れき史し書しょです。

  The 'Spring and Autumn Annals' is a historical text traditionally said to have been compiled by Confucius.