春分の日

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun

   Vernal Equinox Day (national holiday; March 20 or 21); Spring Equinox Day

• 春分しゅんぶんの日ひを境さかいに昼ひるが夜よるより長ながくなり、生物せいぶつはかなり生気せいきに満みちてきます。

  From the spring equinox the days become longer than the nights, and living creatures are becoming full of life.

• 日本にほんでは春分しゅんぶんの日ひと秋分しゅうぶんの日ひは国民こくみんの祝日しゅくじつだが、夏至げしと冬至とうじは祝日しゅくじつではない。

  In Japan, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes are national holidays, but the summer and winter solstices are not.