"春夏秋冬" meaning in Japanese

See 春夏秋冬 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕɨ̃ŋka̠ɕɨːto̞ː] Forms: 春夏秋冬 [canonical] (ruby: (しゅん), (), (しゅう), (とう)), shunkashūtō [romanization], syunkasiutou [romanization], しゆんかしうとう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Yojijukugo (四字熟語), borrowed from Chinese 春夏秋冬 (chūnxiàqiūdōng). Etymology templates: {{ja-glossary|Yojijukugo}} Yojijukugo, {{sortkey|ja}} しゅんかしゅうとう, {{ja-yoji}} Yojijukugo (四字熟語), {{bor|ja|zh|春夏秋冬}} Chinese 春夏秋冬 (chūnxiàqiūdōng) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しゅんかしゅうとう|hhira=しゆんかしうとう}} 春(しゅん)夏(か)秋(しゅう)冬(とう) • (shunkashūtō) ^(←しゆんかしうとう (syunkasiutou)?)
  1. the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter Synonyms: 四季
    Sense id: en-春夏秋冬-ja-noun-XO3rCQ8z Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 4 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese yojijukugo, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Seasons Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 81 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese yojijukugo: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Seasons: 96 4
  2. (by extension) a whole year Tags: broadly Synonyms: 一年
    Sense id: en-春夏秋冬-ja-noun-25Qy1hLo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 春春季春期 (shunki) (ruby: (はる), (しゅん), (), (しゅん), ()) (english: spring; spring; spring period), 夏夏季夏期 (kaki) (ruby: (なつ), (), (), (), ()) (english: summer; summer; summer period), 秋秋季秋期 (shūki) (ruby: (あき), (しゅう), (), (しゅう), ()) (english: fall; autumn; fall; autumn; fall period), 冬冬季冬期 (tōki) (ruby: (ふゆ), (とう), (), (とう), ()) (english: winter; winter; winter period)
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