繁忙期

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繁	忙	期
はん Grade: S	ぼう Grade: S	き Grade: 3
kan’on

Alternative spelling
繁忙期 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 繁(はん)忙(ぼう) (hanbō, “busy”) + 期(き) (ki, “period; season”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんぼ​ーき [hàńbóꜜòkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠mbo̞ːkʲi]

Noun

繁(はん)忙(ぼう)期(き) • (hanbōki) ^{←はんばうき (fanbauki)?}

1. busy season

   Antonym: 閑散期 (kansanki)

   • 1946, 小(お)川(がわ)未(み)明(めい) [Mimei Ogawa], 銀(ぎん)河(が)の下(した)の町(まち) (Ginga no shita no machi)‎^[1]:

     信(しん)吉(きち)は、学(がっ)校(こう)から帰(かえ)ると、野(や)菜(さい)に水(みず)をやったり、虫(むし)を駆(く)除(じょ)したりして、農(のう)村(そん)の繁(はん)忙(ぼう)期(き)には、よく家(うち)の手(て)助(だす)けをしたのですが、 […]

     Shinkichi wa, gakkō kara kaeru to, yasai ni mizu o yattari, mushi o kujo shitari shite, nōson no hanbōki ni wa, yoku uchi no tedasuke o shita no desu ga, […]

     Shinkichi used to do things like watering vegetables and exterminating insects after he went back home from the school, and often helped out around the house during the busy season for the farm village, but […]