Illustration: In the small garden of a house in northern Japan, an adult crouches beside the first butterbur shoots emerging from damp soil. Patches of old snow remain in the shade along the wall, while meltwater drips slowly from the eaves.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

春はる先さき

harusaki

early spring

Example sentences

  1. これは、春先はるさきに花はなをつけるんだ。

    This plant flowers at the beginning of spring.

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  2. 春先はるさきだから客きゃくもあまりいませんでした。

    It was early spring, so there weren’t many customers.

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  3. １月いちがつと言いうのに春先はるさきのような暖あたたかさだ。

    Though it’s now January, it’s warm like early spring.

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Kanji in 春先

  • 春springtime; spring (season)OnシュンKunはる
  • 先before; aheadOnセンKunさき・まず

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