旬

音読おんよみ: ジュン・シュン

訓読くんよみ: none*

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部首ぶしゅ: 日（ひ）

Meaning

Season (for food) / Best Time / Ten-Day Period

  • 旬しゅん — season (for food, produce)
  • 初旬しょじゅん — first 10 days of the month
  • 中旬ちゅうじゅん — middle 10 days of the month
  • 下旬げじゅん — last 10 days of the month
  • 旬報じゅんぽう — periodical report (issued every 10 days)
  • 旬刊じゅんかん — ten-day magazine/publication

旬 originally meant a period of ten days. Over time, it came to mean “the best time” — especially for foods in season, like旬の野菜 (seasonal vegetables). The association of freshness and timing remains central to its meaning today.

菜

旬 is often used with 食 or 菜 (vegetables) to highlight seasonal produce. For example,旬の野菜 means “vegetables in season.”

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Creates

初旬しょじゅん — first 10 days of the month.

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