Illustration: In the garden of a Japanese farmhouse, a family harvests ripe persimmons from a tree whose sparse autumn leaves reveal an abundance of heavy fruit. A grandparent cuts one open, exposing firm, juicy flesh, and offers a piece to a child standing beside an already full harvest basket.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

旬しゅん

shun

season, peak season

Used especially for food at its seasonal best. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. イチゴは今いまが旬しゅんです。

    Strawberries are in season now.

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  2. 旬しゅんのものはおいしいし安やすい。

    Seasonal food is delicious and inexpensive.

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  3. 今いまは牡蠣かきが旬しゅんなの？

    Are oysters in season now?

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Kanji in 旬

  • 旬decameron; ten-day periodOnジュン・シュン

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