初しょ旬じゅん

しょじゅん shojun

first 10 days of the month

adverbnoun

Chinese meanings

上旬；月初

Examples

四月初旬に桜が咲く。
Cherry blossoms bloom in early April.
樱花在四月上旬开放。
会議は来月初旬の予定です。
The meeting is scheduled for early next month.
会议预计下月上旬举行。

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e76bcb6926'); // 初旬

{
  "id": "e76bcb6926",
  "word": "初旬",
  "reading": "しょじゅん",
  "romaji": "shojun",
  "meanings": [
    "first 10 days of the month"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1342820,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "四月初旬に桜が咲く。",
      "en": "Cherry blossoms bloom in early April."
    },
    {
      "ja": "会議は来月初旬の予定です。",
      "en": "The meeting is scheduled for early next month."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "2b85d2ba860f5dd588da854eca80db49c62cc0c7524445f99a2923a9b76d8023",
    "meanings": [
      "上旬",
      "月初"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "四月初旬に桜が咲く。",
        "zh": "樱花在四月上旬开放。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "会議は来月初旬の予定です。",
        "zh": "会议预计下月上旬举行。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/e76bcb6926",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1342820; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "7c5b7ebdfede462935a1511b333a66300380d17286551f2b3b972bd1d00be72a"
  }
}