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麦秋 (ばくしゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

麦ばく秋しゅう

also: むぎあき

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun

wheat harvest; wheat harvest season

Refers specifically to the time of harvesting wheat, typically early summer. Often used in poetic or literary contexts to evoke the season.

麦ばく秋しゅうの季き節せつになると、黄こ金がね色いろの麦むぎ畑ばたけが広ひろがる。
When the wheat harvest season comes, golden wheat fields spread out.
この地ち方ほうでは、六ろく月

Written forms

麦秋Usage100%
- ばくしゅう
  Standard kanji form; the reading ばくしゅう is the most common.
- むぎあき
  Alternate reading; less common and may be considered non-standard or dialectal.

がつ

が

麦ばく

秋しゅう

です

。

In this region, June is the wheat harvest season.

むぎあき

Kanji

麦barley, wheat
秋autumn

Similar words

収しゅう穫かく
収穫 is a general term for harvest of any crop, while 麦秋 specifically means the wheat harvest or its season.
麦むぎの秋あき
麦の秋 is a more explicit phrase meaning 'autumn of wheat', synonymous with 麦秋 but less compact.

Etymology

Compound of 麦 (wheat) and 秋 (autumn). Despite the kanji 秋, it refers to early summer when wheat is harvested, as the season was traditionally considered the 'autumn' of wheat.