暑中 (shochuu) Japanese meaning: height of summer | KotomoraThe intense sunlight of high summer continues.
Opposites
寒中 refers to the coldest part of winter and is used in parallel formal greetings (寒中見舞い) opposite 暑中's summer greetings.
暑中 refers to the hottest period of summer, the seasonal opposite of 寒, the coldest period of winter.
Word family
summer greeting card; midsummer inquiry after someone's health
summer vacation; summer break
summer greeting card; midsummer inquiry after someone's health
summer greeting card; midsummer inquiry after someone's health
Etymology
Compound of 暑 (heat) and 中 (middle, during), literally 'in the midst of heat'.