季き夏か

noun

end of summer

Obsolete term. Refers to the closing period of summer, typically in the context of the traditional lunar calendar.

• 季き夏かは旧きゅう暦れきの六ろく月がつにあたる。

  季夏 corresponds to the sixth month of the old lunar calendar.

noun

sixth month of the lunar calendar

Specifically denotes the sixth month in the traditional Japanese lunar calendar, which roughly aligns with late summer in the modern calendar.

• 季き夏かの頃ころには暑あつさが和やわらぎ始はじめる。

  Around the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the heat begins to ease.