土ど用よう

noun

midsummer; dog days of summer

In everyday use, 土用 almost always refers to the hottest period of summer, roughly late July through early August. Often associated with eating eel (土用の丑の日).

• 土ど用ようの丑うしの日ひにはうなぎを食たべる習しゅう慣かんがある。

  There is a custom of eating eel on the Day of the Ox during the midsummer period.

• 今年ことしの土ど用ようは特とくに暑あつい。

  This year's midsummer is especially hot.

noun

final 18 days of each season

Traditional calendar term: the last 18 days of each of the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter). Rare in modern conversation except in set phrases or almanac contexts.

• 暦こよみの上うえでは、立りっ秋しゅうの前まえの18日にち間かんが夏なつの土ど用ようにあたる。

  On the traditional calendar, the 18 days before the start of autumn correspond to the summer 土用.