初夏 (しょか) — early summer
初夏 is read しょか and listed as a noun. Meaning: early summer.
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Related words
Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 初夏.
- 初頭 しょとう beginning (of a century, etc.)
- 初歩 しょほ basics
- 初雪 はつゆき first snow (of the season)
- 初級 しょきゅう elementary level
- 最初 さいしょ beginning
- 初演 しょえん first performance
- 初回 しょかい first time
- 初期 しょき early days
- 初老 しょろう past middle age
- 初版 しょはん first edition
- 初夢 はつゆめ first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck)
- 初挑戦 はつちょうせん first challenge