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beginning of spring
春先に花粉症がひどい。
Hay fever is bad in early spring.
春先は寒暖の差が激しい季節だ。
Early spring is a season with large temperature swings.
春先に植えた苗は夏には大きく育っていた。
The seedlings planted in early spring had grown tall by summer.