Vocabulary words inspired by spring (あ~ん)
雨曇り あまぐもり overcast weather
梅暦 うめごよみ plum blossoms (as a harbinger of spring)
遠足 えんそく excursion, outing, trip (usually a school trip)
花粉症 かふんしょう hay fever, pollen allergy
帰鴈 きがん wild geese returning north in the spring
草餅 くさもち rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort (associated with Hinamatsuri)
毛虫 けむし hairy caterpillar; pest
事始め ことはじめ taking up a new line of work, the beginning of things
李 すもも Japanese plum (usu. written in kana)
青春 せいしゅん youth, springtime of life, adolescence
蒲公英 たんぽぽ dandelion (usu. written in kana)
土筆/筆頭菜 つくし fertile shoot of field horsetail (usu. written in kana)
天気雨 てんきあめ sun shower, sudden rain from a blue sky
鰊曇り にしんぐもり cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herring season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)
布子 ぬのこ clothes padded with cotton
根分け ねわけ dividing a plant's roots for transplanting
野原 のはら field, plain, prairie, moor
春たけなわ はるたけなわ spring is in full swing, height of spring (esp. in April), peak of spring [oft. formulaic seasonal greeting in letters]
遍路 へんろ pilgrimage, pilgrim
満開 まんかい full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom)
蜜蜂 みつばち honeybee (usu. written in kana)
虫除け むしよけ insect repellent
夜桜 よざくら evening cherry blossom viewing
麗日 れいじつ glorious spring day
炉塞ぎ ろふさぎ closing of the winter hearth
学校を卒業する がっこうをそつぎょうする to graduate from school
入学試験 にゅうがくしけん school entrance exam