(2 entries)
じゅん
Frequency:
1

A ten-day period (approximately one third of a month). Used as in 'early/mid/late month' (reading: jūn).

Noun

Examples

来月の上旬(上旬=ひとつの旬)に出張があります。

I have a business trip in the early part of next month (early = one ten-day period).

旧暦では一旬は十日間と定義されている。

In the old calendar a 'jūn' is defined as ten days.

2

A ten-year period (an old way of counting years, e.g., 'one jūn' = ten years). This usage is uncommon today.

Noun

Examples

古い文献には一旬を十年として数える記述がある。

Some old texts count one 'jūn' as ten years.

彼は四旬(よんじゅん)=四十歳で引退したという記録が残る。

There is a record that he retired at 'four jūn' (i.e., forty years old).