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暑夏 (しょか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

暑しょ夏か

Meanings

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noun

hot summer

A somewhat literary or formal word for a hot summer. In everyday speech, 暑い夏 is more common.

今年ことしの暑しょ夏かは記き録ろく的てきな猛もう暑しょとなった。
This year's hot summer brought record-breaking heat.

Kanji

暑sultry, hot, summer heat
夏summer

Similar words

猛もう暑しょ
猛暑 means 'intense heat' or 'heatwave', emphasizing extreme temperatures, while 暑夏 simply means 'hot summer' as a season.
酷こく暑しょ
酷暑 means 'severe heat', often used in weather reports, and is more common than 暑夏.

Etymology

Compound of 暑 (hot) and 夏 (summer). The reading しょか follows standard on'yomi.