なつ
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. summer
Kanji used
summer
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (70 in total)
① 夏の間、長期にわたって学校や会社などが授業や仕事を休むこと。また、その休み。日本では、小中学校では1ヶ月程度、大学では2ヶ月程度、企業では1週間程度とることが多い。
① 夏の暑さの最も厳しい時分。概ね梅雨明けから立秋の頃がこれに当たる。
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
① 夏に害虫、風水害などの災厄や疾病などを祓うことを祈願して行われる祭り。② 夏季に行われる神社の祭り。
summertime; summer season
hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
① 夏に着る衣服。
summer fields
① 一年中気温が高く、夏のような気候であること。
① 夏の季節。天候が暑い時期。② 一年をおおまかに4つに分けたときの一つで暑い頃、およびその前後。
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
① 夏に生い茂る草。
① 夏にひく風邪。夏の季語。
summer vegetables
summer goods
height of summer; hottest part of summer
① 夏に害虫、風水害などの災厄や疾病などを祓うことを祈願して行われる祭り。② 夏季に行われる神社の祭り。
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
Summer Triangle (asterism)
whole summer; summer long
Chinese citron (Citrus natsudaidai); bitter summer orange (mandarin)
midsummer; height of summer
before summer
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)
summer insect; summer insects
summer-use futon
① 夏に草木が青々と茂った山。② 夏季に登山もしくはその対象となる山。
keeping over the summer
whole summer; summer long
① 夏らしくなる。
summer haori (coat)
every summer
grove in summer
the (cool) summer moon
Chinese citron (Citrus natsudaidai); bitter summer orange (mandarin)
hyuganatsu (species of citrus, Citrus tamurana)
summer of last year
① 夏に着る衣服。
summer hat; straw hat
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
losing weight over the summer
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)
room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow)
summer overcoat; light jacket
suffering from summer heat
daylight saving time; daylight savings time; summer time
Milettia japonica (species of flowering plant)
Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
summer term (of school); summer quarter
crops planted in summer
summerfag; young and inexperienced user who joins an online community during the summer
losing weight over the summer
bush clover blossoming in the summer (esp. Lespedeza thunbergii)
crops planted in summer
daylight saving time; daylight savings time; summer time
taking whatever one can get one's hands on; being greedy; (lit.) accepting a padded silk sleeve even in summer
villa arranged appropriately for summer; mansion arranged appropriately for summer
① 夏の潮流。夏の海。
goumi (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus multiflora); cherry silverberry
goumi (species of oleaster, Elaeagnus multiflora); cherry silverberry
oldham blueberry (Vaccinium oldhamii)
Calanthe reflexa (species of orchid)
① 夏蜜柑の変種。別名、甘夏、甘夏橙、甘夏蜜柑、甘夏柑。
midsummer; height of summer
Examples (163 in total)
I can hardly wait until summer.
It was a summer day.
The days are long in the summer.