夏

Meaning

1. nadv
   summer
2. n
   summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
3. n
   Xia dynasty (of China; ca. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological); Hsia dynasty

Example sentences

• 同じ頃、事務員・有村夏恵は、今月を限りに退職する旨を五鬼上に申し入れた。

  At the same time, the clerk Natsue Arimura told Gokijo of her intent to resign after this month.

• どこかへ逃避行したい。蒸し暑い夏はそんな気分になりがち。

  I want to disappear somewhere! I tend to feel like that in sultry summers.

• 梅雨の晴れ間に洗濯物を干すと気分はもう夏でした。

  Drying the washing on a fine day in the rainy season; I felt like it was already summer.