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I often hear 春風【はるかぜ】(or, much less often, 春風【しゅんぷう】) 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:

> 春風 [はるかぜ] (n) spring breeze
>
> 春風 [しゅんぷう] (n) spring breeze

And Wikipedia:

> 春風（はるかぜ）は、春に吹く風のこと。

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

> ２ 物事に動じないで余裕のあるさま。ゆったりとのんびりしているさま。1

1 [goo dictionary
source](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/106978/m0u/%E6%98%A5%E9%A2%A8/)
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