夏なつ中なか

noun

midsummer; height of summer

Archaic noun for the peak of summer. In modern Japanese, 真夏 (まなつ) is the standard word.

• 古ふるい和わ歌かに「夏なつ中なか」と詠よまれた語ごは、真ま夏なつの盛さかりを指さす。

  In old waka poems, the word 夏中 refers to the height of midsummer.