夏（なつ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: summer
Example sentences
- 夏は海で泳ぐのが楽しい。 — Swimming in the sea is fun in summer.
- 日本の夏は本当に暑い。 — Summers in Japan are really hot.
Idioms & proverbs containing “夏”
- 春夏秋冬 (しゅんかしゅうとう) — spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
- 夏炉冬扇 (かろとうせん) — summer fires and winter fans; useless things
- 夏虫疑氷 (かちゅうぎひょう) — being narrow-minded due to limited experience; refusing to believe in things outside of one's own limited experience; a summer insect doubts the existence of ice
- 夏の虫 (なつのむし) — summer insect
- 戴くものは夏も小袖 (いただくものはなつもこそで) — taking whatever one can get one's hands on; being greedy; accepting a padded silk sleeve even in summer
- 飛んで火に入る夏の虫 (とんでひにいるなつのむし) — rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “夏” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)