The Japanese word for spring is
春
はる - haru
Japanese Definition
| spring | |
| 1. 動詞. とぶ、跳躍する。 | |
| He sprang up from his seat. | |
| 2. 動詞. わく、湧き出る、湧出する。 | |
| 3. 動詞. (俗語)釈放する。 | |
| 4. 名詞. ばね、発条、スプリング。 | |
| 5. 名詞. 弾性、弾力。 | |
| 6. 名詞. 湧き水、泉、源泉。(水温の高いもの、すなわち温泉（hot spring, warm spring)をも言う。） | |
| This water is bottled from the spring of the river. | |
| この水は川の湧き水をボトルに詰めたものだ。 | |
| 7. 名詞. 春、春季。cf.vernal | |
| Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce. | |
| 春は多くの種が繁殖する時期だ。 | |
| I spent my spring holidays in Morocco. | |
| 私は春休みをモロッコで過ごした。 | |
| You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable. | |
| 気候がしのぎやすい春に来てください。 |
Translations for spring and their definitions
| 泉 | |
| 1. n. natural spring, a wellspring | |
| (synonyms, ja, 湧泉, 涌泉, tr2=yūsen) | |
| 若返りの泉 - The Fountain of Youth |
| 春 | |
| 1. n. the spring (season) | |
| 2. n. (by extension) the New Year | |
| 3. n. adolescence, youth | |
| 4. n. a heyday of one’s life | |
| 5. n. a time of happiness after a long period of difficulty | |
| 6. n. (slang euphemistic) sexual intercourse | |
| 春をひさぐ - 3= | |
| 7. affix. spring (season) | |
| 8. affix. New Year | |
| 9. affix. life, vitality | |
| 10. affix. lust, passion | |
| 11. affix. months and years |
| 発条 | |
| 1. n. (from 1888) spring (device made of flexible material) | |
| 2. n. (from 1897) (by extension) springiness, bounce, resilience q, such as physical or emotional | |
| (synonyms, ja, 弾力性, tr1=danryokusei) | |
| 弾力強き心の二郎は... - Jirō of the heart of strong resilience → Jirō of the resilient heart... | |
| 3. n. (date uncertain) (uncommon possibly, dated, metaphor) a springboard, spark, or catalyst leading to some other change | |
| 住民運動がばねとなって基地が撤去された - With the protests by residents as the catalyst, the base was shut down | |
| 4. n. (from 1732) spring (device made of flexible material), specifically the spiral torsion kind commonly used in clockwork that is coiled into a disc shape like a fern fiddlehead | |
| (synonyms, ja, 薇発条, tr1=zenmai bane, lit1=fiddlehead-fern spring, 渦巻発条, tr2=uzumaki bane, lit2=whirlpool spring) | |
| 時計のぜんまいが緩んだ - the clock's spring wound down | |
| 5. n. (from 1879) spring (device made of flexible material) | |
| 6. n. (from 1961) a motivation or catalyst leading to some other change |
| 温泉 | |
| 1. n. a hot spring | |
| 2. n. a spa, an onsen |
| 春季 | |
| 1. n. spring (season) |
| 春期 | |
| 1. n. spring period, spring term |
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