"初夏" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ka̠] Forms: 初夏 [canonical] (ruby: 初(しょ), 夏(か)), shoka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょか}} 初(しょ)夏(か) • (shoka)
  1. early summer
    Sense id: en-初夏-ja-noun-Nhp84i-W Categories (other): Summer Disambiguation of Summer: 50 1 50
  2. the fourth month of the lunisolar calendar
    Sense id: en-初夏-ja-noun-SFkwXQio Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 初 read as はつ, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese calendar months Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 8 3 78 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 2 88 2 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 95 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 92 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 92 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 初 read as はつ: 8 84 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 7 86 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 8 83 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 2 98 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 2 97 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 4 92 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 93 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese calendar months: 3 94 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 晩夏 (banka) (ruby: 晩夏(ばんか)) (english: late summer)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ha̠t͡sɨna̠t͡sɨ] Forms: 初夏 [canonical] (ruby: 初(はつ), 夏(なつ)), hatsunatsu [romanization]
Etymology: 初(はつ) (hatsu-, “beginning”) + 夏(なつ) (natsu, “summer”) Etymology templates: {{ja-com|初|はつ-|夏|なつ|t1=beginning|t2=summer}} 初(はつ) (hatsu-, “beginning”) + 夏(なつ) (natsu, “summer”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|はつなつ}} 初(はつ)夏(なつ) • (hatsunatsu)
  1. early summer
    Sense id: en-初夏-ja-noun-Nhp84i-W1 Categories (other): Summer Disambiguation of Summer: 50 1 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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