秋: autumn

 

秋 qīu

noun
: autumn; fall
: harvest time
: a swing

秌 [秋] qīu

noun
: autumn; fall

鞦 [秋] qīu

noun
: a swing

Kun Reading

秋 | あき aki

temporal noun
: autumn; fall

 Usage:

四季 si4ji4: four seasons

春 chun1: spring
夏 xia4: summer
秋 qiu1: autumn
冬 dong1: winter

秋天 qiu1tian1: autumn

秋季 qiu1ji4: autumn; fall
[しゅうき shuuki: fall season; autumn season]

秋收 qiu1shou1: fall harvest; to reap

秋令 qiu1ling4: autumn; autumn weather

秋分 qiu1fen1: Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 23rd September-7th October
[しゅうぶん shuubun: autumnal equinox; autumn equinox; fall equinox]

中秋 zhong1qiu1: the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
[ちゅうしゅう chuushuu OR ちゅうじゅう chuujuu: 15th day of the 8th lunar month]

中秋節 [中秋节] zhong1 qiu1 jie2: the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month

春秋 chun1qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person’s age; annals (used in book titles); Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
[はるあき haruaki OR しゅんじゅう shunjuu: spring and autumn; spring and fall; months and years
: the Chronicles of Lu or the Spring and Autumn Annals – one of the Five Classics]

仲秋 zhong4qiu1: second month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar
[なかあき nakaaki OR ちゅうしゅう chuushuu OR ちゅうじゅう chuujuu: 15th day of the 8th lunar month]

初秋 chu1qiu1: early autumn; 7th month of the lunar calendar
[はつあき hatsuaki OR しょしゅう shoshuu: early autumn (fall)]

千秋 qian1qiu1: a thousand years; your birthday (honorific)
[せんしゅう senshuu: thousand years; many years]

黃秋葵 [黄秋葵] huang2 qiu1 kui2
OR 秋葵莢 [秋葵荚] qiu1 kui2 jia2: okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady’s fingers

鞦韆 [秋千] qiu1qian1: swing; seesaw; trapeze [鞦韆 | ぶらんこ buranko: swing]

Places
秋葉原 qiu1 ye4 yuan2 [あきはばら Akihabara]

Akihabara (秋葉原) is a district in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. The name Akihabara is a shortening of Akibagahara (秋葉が原, “autumn leaf field”), which ultimately comes from Akiba (秋葉), named after a fire-controlling deity of a firefighting shrine built after the area was destroyed by a fire in 1869.

Akihabara gained the nickname Akihabara Electric Town (秋葉原電気街 Akihabara Denki Gai) shortly after World War II for being a major shopping center for household electronic goods and the post-war black market. Nowadays, Akihabara is considered by many to be an otaku cultural center and a shopping district for video games, anime, manga, and computer goods. Icons from popular anime and manga are displayed prominently on the shops in the area, and numerous maid cafés are found throughout the district.
— wikipedia
photo credit: coolphotojapan

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
秋田犬 | あきたけん akita ken OR あきたいぬ akita inu: Akita (breed of dog)

秋風落莫 | しゅうふうらくばく shuufuu rakubaku
: (yoji) forlorn and helpless; lonely and desolate

*一日三秋 | いちにちさんしゅう ichinichi sanshuu OR いちじつさんしゅう ichijitsu sanshuu
: (yoji) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity

一日千秋 | いちにちせんしゅう ichinichi senshuu OR いちじつせんしゅう ichijitsu senshuu
: (yoji) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
: One Day Seems Like 1000 Years

媚眼秋波 | びがんしゅうは bigan shuuha
: (yoji) casting a coquettish (an amorous) glance (at a man)

**春夏秋冬 | しゅんかしゅうとう shunka shuutou
: (yoji) spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons

***暗送秋波 | あんそうしゅうは ansou shuuha
: (yoji) giving an amorous sidelong look; casting an amorous glance (at); playing up to someone behind the scenes

春花秋月 | しゅんかしゅうげつ shunka shuugetsu
: (yoji) spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season

秋の日は釣瓶落とし | あきのひはつるべおとし aki no hi wa tsurubeotoshi
: the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well

秋の鹿は笛に寄る | あきのしかはふえによる aki no shika wa fueni yoru
: people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter’s whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one’s weak points taken advantage of

秋茄子は嫁に食わすな | あきなすはよめにくわすな aki nasu wa yome ni kuwasuna
: don’t feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they’re too delicious, because they’ll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)

物言えば唇寒し秋の風 | ものいえばくちびるさむしあきのかぜ mono ieba kuchibiru samushi aki no kaze
: Silence is golden

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
秋後算帳 [秋后算帐] qiu1 hou4 suan4 zhang4
: lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest; to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide time for revenge

秋毫無犯 [秋毫无犯] qiu1 hao2 wu2 fan4
: lit. not harming a new feather; not commit the slightest offense against the people (of soldiers); would not hurt a fly

秋荼密網 [秋荼密网] qiu1 tu2 mi4 wang3
: flowering autumn grass, fine net; fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law

秋菊傲霜 qiu1 ju2 ao4 shuang1
: the autumn chrysanthemum braves the frost

*一日三秋 yi1 ri4 san1 qiu1
: a single day apart seems like three seasons

一葉知秋 [一叶知秋] yi1 ye4 zhi1 qiu1
: lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn; fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend; a straw in the wind

一雨成秋 yi1 yu3 cheng2 qiu1
: a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn

千秋萬代 [千秋万代] qian1 qiu1 wan4 dai4
: throughout the ages

各有千秋 ge4 you3 qian1 qiu1
: each has its own merits

多事之秋 duo1 shi4 zhi1 qiu1
: troubled times; eventful period

秋風過耳 [秋风过耳] qiu1 feng1 guo4 er3
: lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear; not in the least concerned

**春夏秋冬 chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1
: the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter

冰壺秋月 [冰壶秋月] bing1 hu2 qiu1 yue4
: ice jug and autumn moon (from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure; flawless person

送秋波 song4 qiu1 bo1
: to cast flirtatious glances at sb
OR
***暗送秋波 an4 song4 qiu1 bo1

春秋大夢 [春秋大梦] chun1 qiu1 da4 meng4
: grand dreams; unrealistic ideas

明察秋毫 ming2 cha2 qiu1 hao2
: lit. seeing clearly the downy feather of autumn (from Mencius); fig. sensitive to the finest detail; to distinguish right and wrong with acuity; omniscient

萬古千秋 [万古千秋] wan4 gu3 qian1 qiu1
: for all eternity

老氣橫秋 [老气横秋] lao3 qi4 heng2 qiu1
: old and decrepit; proud of one’s age and experience

秋風掃落葉 [秋风扫落叶] qiu1 feng1 sao3 luo4 ye4
: lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves; to drive out the old and make a clean sweep

一日不見，如隔三秋 [一日不见，如隔三秋] yi1 ri4 bu4 jian4 , ru2 ge2 san1 qiu1
: one day apart seems like three years

春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏 [春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏] chun1 sheng1 , xia4 zhang3 , qiu1 shou1 , dong1 cang2
: sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter