秋 (とき · あき · こんしゅう)

time / hour / moment; autumn / fall; autumn of last year / fall of last year

Etymology

Originally a pictograph of a cricket, since cricket chirps indicate the beginning of autumn. Later the character was reanalyzed as 禾 (grain) + 火 (fire).

Components

Example sentences

  1. 秋ですね。 — Autumn is here.
  2. 男心と秋の空。 — Man is as fickle as autumn weather.
  3. 女心と秋の空。 — A woman's mind and winter wind change often.
  4. 秋になりました。 — Autumn is here.
  5. 今日は立秋です。 — Today is the first day of autumn.

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