Meanings
Noun
Buddhist
1. summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
Kanji used
summer
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
summer solstice
crow dipper (Pinellia tuber); 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
summer retreat where monks stay in the same place to study