Is there a figurative use to 春風? I often hear (or, much less often, ) used to describe the characteristically windy weather of early Spring. I was also certain I had heard it used on occasions as a _figurative_ expression, to mean something akin to "Spring cleaning" or "Spring renewal". However, when I look in both bilingual or Japanese dictionaries, I cannot find any such additional definition. EDICT gives: > [] (n) spring breeze > > [] (n) spring breeze And Wikipedia: > Did I dream this figurative meaning? Is it merely understood and self-explanatory, but not widely accepted as part of the definition? Has anybody ran into a non-meteorological use of the expression?

It might not quite be the same figurative use... but according to goo, (at least when paired with {} [ _peaceful_ or _calm_ ],) can also imply a sort of refreshing calm, peaceful state:

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