Keyword
summer
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig317
Readings
なつ
(88%)
(8%)
(2%)
Composed of
one
self
late winter
Mnemonic

It's still summer. You want to relax, but it's so damn hot. It's going to be a late winter this year too. It's all because of global warming. And you have no one but yourself to blame, for all of the electricity you waste, the meat you eat, the trash you throw away. It's all your fault, so deal with it.

Used in kanji (4 in total)
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Used in vocabulary (158 in total)
summer
summer vacation; summer holiday
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
summer festival
summertime; summer season
summer clothing
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
everlasting summer
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
summer season
summer sky; summery weather; clear, blazing summer weather
summer grass
summer cold (illness); summer flu
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
summer solstice
summer goods
summer vegetables
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
height of summer; hottest part of summer
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day
midsummer; height of summer
hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
summer vacation; summer holidays
Summer Triangle (asterism)
whole summer; summer long
summer fields
summer and winter
midsummer; height of summer
Chinese citron (Citrus natsudaidai); bitter summer orange (mandarin)
before summer
summer festival
first day of summer (approx. May 6)
this summer; next summer; last summer
cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
hot summer day; day on which the temperature reaches at least 25 degrees Celsius
summer day
summer cloud; summer clouds
a bird of summer
next summer
summery mountain; mountain that is often climbed in summer
to become summerly; to become like summer
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)
heat of high summer
whole summer; summer long
summer insect; summer insects
summer haori (coat)
summer-use futon
every summer
summer fur; summer coat; summer plumage
last summer; summer of last year
Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
grove in summer
summer plumage; nuptial plumage
the (cool) summer moon
Chinese citron (Citrus natsudaidai); bitter summer orange (mandarin)
summer of last year
summer clothes
amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai); sweet form of Chinese citron
crow dipper (Pinellia tuber); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
keeping over the summer
Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
land of everlasting summer
summer clothes
summer bedclothes
summer hat; straw hat
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
summertime
summer slump
early chrysanthemums
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)
midsummer; fifth month of the lunar calendar
losing weight over the summer
room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow)
hot summer; middle of summer
Western Xia (1038-1227); Western Hsia; Tangut Empire; Mi-nyak
midsummer; (arch.) China; (arch.) capital (city)
summer silkworms
Ministry of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
summer overcoat; light jacket
Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
booklet with homework assignments for the summer vacation
daylight saving time; daylight savings time; summer time
suffering from summer heat
summer retreat where monks stay in the same place to study
Milettia japonica (species of flowering plant)
summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
summer term (of school); summer quarter
losing weight over the summer
change from spring to summer
university summer school; college summer school
summer fires and winter fans; useless things
crops planted in summer
summerfag; young and inexperienced user who joins an online community during the summer
estivation
one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
Mainland China
summer fog; summer mist
end of summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
losing weight over the summer
beginning of summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
bush clover blossoming in the summer (esp. Lespedeza thunbergii)
blisteringly hot; relentlessly hot; scorching
summering; spending the summer
summer cicadas
Tangut (language)
hot summer
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
Chinese citron (Citrus natsudaidai)
goumi (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus multiflora); cherry silverberry
goumi (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus multiflora); cherry silverberry
period during which monks may go into a summer retreat
summering; spending the summer
oldham blueberry (Vaccinium oldhamii)
Tropic of Cancer
summer solstitial point
daylight saving time; daylight savings time; summer time
three summer months
sweet (variety of) Watson pomelo
pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing
sweet form of Watson pomelo (Citrus natsudaidai f. kawanonatsudaidai)
sixth lunar month
4th month of the lunar calendar
4th month of the lunar calendar
villa arranged appropriately for summer; mansion arranged appropriately for summer
midsummer; height of summer
near summer; end of spring
temperate climate with a rainy summer
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (China)
summer tide; tide reflecting the summer sun
tropical wet and dry climate; tropical savannah climate
taking whatever one can get one's hands on; being greedy; (lit.) accepting a padded silk sleeve even in summer
crops planted in summer
amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai); sweet form of Chinese citron
Calanthe reflexa (species of orchid)
Examples (200 in total)
It isn't always summer.
We didn't have many visitors this summer.
Summer has arrived at last.