| オータム | [, o-tamu] (n) autumn |
| 出来秋 | [できあき, dekiaki] (n) autumn at harvest time; fall at harvest time |
| 初時雨 | [はつしぐれ, hatsushigure] (n) (arch) the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter |
| 大篆 | [だいてん, daiten] (n) (See 六体) large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward) |
| 寒蝉 | [かんぜみ;かんせん;かんぜん, kanzemi ; kansen ; kanzen] (n) cicadas which sing in late autumn |
| 小夜時雨 | [さよしぐれ, sayoshigure] (n) light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter |
| 斉;齊 | [せい, sei] (n) Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i |
| 春秋 | [しゅんじゅう(P);はるあき, shunjuu (P); haruaki] (n) (1) (See 五経) spring and autumn; spring and fall; months and years; (2) (しゅんじゅう only) the Chronicles of Lu or the Spring and Autumn Annals - one of the Five Classics; (P) |
| 春秋戦国 | [しゅんじゅうせんごく, shunjuusengoku] (n) the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history) |
| 時雨 | [しぐれ, shigure] (n) drizzle; shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; (P) |
| 桐一葉 | [きりひとは, kirihitoha] (n) falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning of autumn (fall) |
| 犬サフラン | [いぬサフラン;イヌサフラン, inu safuran ; inusafuran] (n) (uk) meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale); autumn crocus; naked lady |
| 秋分 | [しゅうぶん, shuubun] (n) (See 二十四節気) autumnal equinox; autumn equinox; fall equinox; (P) |
| 秋分の日 | [しゅうぶんのひ, shuubunnohi] (n) autumn equinox holiday (Sep 23 or 24); fall equinox holiday; autumnal equinox |
| 秋分点 | [しゅうぶんてん, shuubunten] (n) autumn equinoctal point |
| 秋場所;あき場所 | [あきばしょ, akibasho] (n) autumn (fall) (September) sumo tournament, held in Tokyo |
| 秋扇 | [しゅうせん;あきおうぎ, shuusen ; akiougi] (n) (See 秋の扇) fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); outdated item that has fallen into disuse; woman who has lost a man's affection or interest |
| 秋涼 | [しゅうりょう, shuuryou] (n) (1) coolness of autumn; cool autumn wind; (2) (See 葉月) eighth lunar month |
| 秋空 | [あきぞら, akizora] (n) autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky |
| 秋簾 | [あきすだれ, akisudare] (n) (obsc) bamboo screen still in place in autumn |
| 秋耕 | [しゅうこう, shuukou] (n,vs) plowing right after the autumn harvest |
| 秋興 | [しゅうきょう, shuukyou] (n) the pleasantness of autumn |
| 秋茄子 | [あきなす, akinasu] (n) (See 茄子) autumn eggplant; eggplant picked eaten in the autumn |
| 秋茄子は嫁に食わすな | [あきなすはよめにくわすな, akinasuhayomenikuwasuna] (exp) (id) 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) |
| 稲負鳥 | [いなおおせどり, inaoosedori] (n) (arch) (See 鶺鴒) migratory bird that arrives in autumn (unknown species; perhaps a wagtail) |
| 立秋 | [りっしゅう, risshuu] (n) (See 二十四節気) first day of autumn (approx. Aug. 8); first day of fall |
| 紅葉(P);黄葉 | [こうよう(P);もみじ(P), kouyou (P); momiji (P)] (n,vs) (1) autumn colours; fall colors; leaves changing color (colour); (2) (紅葉, こうよう only) leaves turning red; red leaves; (3) (黄葉, こうよう only) leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (n) (4) (もみじ only) (See 以呂波紅葉) (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum); (5) (もみじ only) (col) venison; (P) |
| 観楓会 | [かんぷうかい, kanpuukai] (n) get-together to enjoy the autumn foliage |
| 諸子百家 | [しょしひゃっか, shoshihyakka] (n) Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period |
| 赤とんぼ;赤蜻蛉 | [あかとんぼ, akatonbo] (n) (1) (uk) (small) red dragonfly; (2) darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens) |
| 野分き;野分 | [のわき, nowaki] (n) (1) (See 二百十日,二百二十日,台風) late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year; (2) name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari |
| 錦秋 | [きんしゅう, kinshuu] (n) (See 錦繍・3) autumn where the foliage is as beautiful as brocade; autumn with beautiful leaves |
| 錦繍;錦綉 | [きんしゅう, kinshuu] (n) (1) fabric with a brocade and embroidery; beautiful fabric; beautiful clothes; (2) beautiful poem; beautiful wording; (3) beautiful autumn leaves; beautiful flowers |
| 雁渡し | [かりわたし, kariwatashi] (n) (obsc) northern wind in early autumn |
| 鳥曇り;鳥曇 | [とりぐもり, torigumori] (n) cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north |
| 鷹柱 | [たかばしら, takabashira] (n) group of buzzards (etc.) rising in an updraft (before the southward autumn migration) |