更衣【ころもがえ】 koromogae （ころもがへ）, changing (to summer) clothes (early summer)
- 衣更う【ころもかう】 koromo kau (to) change (to summer) clothes
生活【せいかつ】 seikatsu Daily Life
羅【うすもの】 usumono silk gauze / thin kimono (late summer)
- 軽羅【けいら】 keira thin silk gauze
- 薄衣【うすごろも】 usugoromo thin kimono
- 紗【しゃ】 sha silk gauze
- 絽【ろ】 ro silk gauze [a particular type]
- 明石【あかし】 akashi silk crepe [after the place where it is made]
浴衣【ゆかた】 yukata summer kimono / yukata (all summer)
- 古浴衣【ふるゆかた】 furuyukata old yukata
- 貸浴衣【かしゆかた】 kashi-yukata loan-yukata / borrowed yukata [as at a hotel, spa, etc.]
The word yukata originally referred to a thin, single-layered hempen robe worn while or
after bathing, properly called a yu-katabira (湯帷子【ゆかたびら】; literally something
like "bath-robe"). It has since come to mean an unlined robe made of white cotton or cotton crepe, dyed
with family crests or other patterns. Another style is made of dark blue cotton with patterns in white,
a combination thought to suggest coolness in sumer. Until recently, yukata were worn mainly indoors at
home, but lately people have taken to wearing them outdoors, when attending evening festivals or markets
in summer, for example. These robes are ideal informal wear for warm and humid summer nights. The yukata
has historical associations with the urban middle classes and remains popular with everyone from children
to the elderly.
[Most women's yukata are basically white.]
A well-starched yukata feels pleasant to the touch and ciruclates air well, so is quite comfortable.
The sound the poet hears is that of the stiffly starched sleeves cracking and unbending as he slips on
the robe--a sound which calls to mind the pleasure of wearing a yukata on a warm summer evening.
浴衣着て少女の乳房高からず
高濱虚子
yukata kite shōjo no chibusa takakarazu
in her yukata
the young girl's breasts
not high at all
Takahama Kyoshi
借りて着る浴衣のなまじ似合ひけり
久保田万太郎
karite kiru yukata no namaji niaikeri
borrowing a yukata
I put it on and find
it sort of suits me
Kubota Mantarō
張りとほす女の意地や藍ゆかた
杉田久女
haritōsu onna no iji ya ai-yukata
all the way
my woman's will:
indigo yukata
Sugita Hisajo
音たてて浴衣に腕通りけり
新村青幹
oto tatete yukata ni kaina tōrikeri
making a sound
arms through the sleeves
of the summer robe
Niimura Seikan
水着【みずぎ】 mizugi （みづぎ）, bathing suit (late summer)
- 海水着【かいすいぎ】 kaisuigi bathing suit
菖蒲湯【しょうぶゆ】 shōbuyu （しやうぶゆ）, iris bath / sweet-flag bath [a hot bath with Acorus calamus] (mid summer)
- 菖蒲風呂【しょうぶぶろ】 iris bath / sweet-flag bath
日傘【ひがさ】 higasa parasol (all summer)
- ひからかさ hikarakasa parasol
- 絵日傘【えひがさ】 ehigasa picture parasol
- パラソル parasoru parasol
白靴【しろぐつ】 shirogutsu white shoes (all summer)
汗拭【あせぬぐい】 asenugui （あせぬぐひ）, handkerchief [literally "sweat-wipe"] (all summer)
- 汗手拭【あせてぬぐい】 asetenugui handkerchief [literally "sweat-towel"]
- ハンカチーフ hankachiifu handkerchief [also ハンケチ hankechi, ハンカチ hankachi]
胡瓜もみ【きゅうりもみ】 kyūrimomi sliced pickled cucumber (all summer)
- 瓜揉み【うりもみ】 urimomi sliced pickled melon
- 揉瓜【もみうり】 momiuri sliced pickled melon
梅干【うめぼし】 umeboshi pickled plums [literally, "dried plums", but more pickled in brine than dry; fruit of Prunus mume, the Japanese apricot] (all summer)
- 梅干す【うめほす】 ume hosu (to) dry plums
洗膾【あらい】 arai （あらひ）, (raw) fish salad (all summer)
- 洗鯉【あらいこい】 araigoi (raw) carp salad
- 洗鱸【あらいすずき】 araisuzuki (raw) sea-bass salad
- 洗鯛【あらいたい】 araidai (raw) snapper salad / sea-bream salad
土用鰻【どよううなぎ】 doyō-unagi dog-day eel [a late summer delicacy] (late summer)
冷奴【ひややっこ】 hiya-yakko iced bean curd / chilled tofu (all summer)
- 冷豆腐【ひやしどうふ】 hiyashidōfu chilled tofu / iced bean curd
- 奴豆腐【やっこどうふ】 yakkodōfu chilled tofu / iced bean curd
鮨（寿司）【すし】 sushi sushi (all summer)
- 熟鮨【なれずし】 narezushi fermented sushi
- 圧鮨【おしずし】 oshizushi molded sushi
- 握鮨【にぎりずし】 nigirizushi topped sushi [literally "hand-shaped sushi", that is, sushi with the fish or other featured ingredient on top]
- 早鮨【はやずし】 hayazushi marinated sushi [refers to treatment of featured ingredient]
- 一夜鮨【いちやずし】 ichiyazushi marinated sushi [literally "one-night sushi"]
- 巻鮨【まきずし】 makizushi rolled sushi [with featured ingredients in center]
筍飯【たけのこめし】 takenoko meshi bamboo-shoot rice [cooked rice with bamboo shoots] (early summer)
飯饐る（飯饐える）【めしすえる】 meshi sueru (cooked) rice ferments (all summer)
- 飯の汗【めしのあせ】 meshi no ase scent of fermented rice [literally "sweat of (cooked) rice"]
- 饐飯【すえめし】 sue-meshi fermented rice
冷麦【ひやむぎ】 hiya-mugi cold wheat noodles (all summer)
葛餅【くずもち】 kuzumochi kudzu mochi [jellied mochi flavored with kudzu, a summer confection] (all summer)
粽【ちまき】（茅巻）】 chimaki leaf-wrapped (rice) dumpling [associated with 端午【たんご, tango, Boys' Day] (early summer)
- 笹粽【ささちまき】 sasa chimaki bamboo-leaf-wrapped dumpling
- 粽結ふ【ちまきゆふ】 chimaki yuu (to) make/prepare chimaki dumplings
心太【ところてん】 tokoroten gelidium jelly [a summer confection] (all summer)
枝豆【えだまめ】 edamame green soybeans [in the pod, eaten as a snack, with beer, etc.] (all summer)
ラムネ ramune shaved ice with lemon / lemonade (all summer)
氷水【こおりみず】 kōrimizu （こほりみづ）, shaved ice [usually with flavored sugar water] (all summer)
- 夏氷【なつごおり】 natsugōri summer ice
- かき氷（欠氷）【かきごおり】 kakigōri chipped ice
- 削氷【けずりひ】 kezuri-hi shaved ice
麦湯【むぎゆ】 mugi-yu barley tea [literally "barley infusion"] (all summer)
- 麦茶【むぎちゃ】 mugicha barley tea
麦酒【ビール】 biiru beer (all summer)
- 黒ビール kuro-biiru porter / stout
- 生ビール nama-biiru draft beer [literally, "raw beer", that is, not pasteurized]
- ビヤホール biyahōru beer hall
- ビヤガーデン biyagāden beer garden
新茶【しんちゃ】 shincha new tea (early summer)
- 走り茶【はしりちゃ】 hashiricha first tea
- 茶詰【ちゃづめ】 chazume pressed tea
露台【ろだい】 rodai balcony (all summer)
- バルコニー barukonii balcony
- ベランダ beranda veranda/porch
- テラス terasu terrace
噴水【ふんすい】 funsui （ふんすゐ）, water fountain (all summer)
- 噴上げ【ふきあげ】 fukiage water fountain
花茣蓙【はなござ】 hanagoza floral/patterned mat (all summer)
- 絵茣蓙【えござ】 egoza picture mat
- 簟【たかむしろ】 takamushiro bamboo mat
- 籐筵【とうむしろ】 tōmushiro rattan mat
- 夏座敷【なつざしき】 natsu zashiki open room [literally "summer room"; a room open to the outdoors, usually with hanging screens replacing moveable wall panels]
青簾【あおすだれ】 aosudare （あをすだれ）, green rattan/bamboo blind [that is, a new/fresh blind, hung at the eves or in a window for shade] (all summer)
- 簾【すだれ】 sudare rattan/bamboo blind
- 竹簾【たけすだれ】 takesudare bamboo blind
- 葭簾【よしすだれ】 yoshisudare rush/reed blind
- 伊予簾【いよすだれ】 iyosudare Iyo blind [named for the old province which produces same, present-day Ehime Prefecture]
- 絵簾【えすだれ】 esudare picture blind
- 板簾【いたすだれ】 itasudare wooden blind
- 古簾【ふるすだれ】 furusudare old blind
籐椅子【とういす】 tōisu rattan chair (all summer)
- 籐寝椅子【とうねいす】 tōneisu rattan lounge chair / rattan chaise longue
蚊帳【かや】 kaya mosquito net (all summer)
- 㡡【かや】 kaya mosquito net
- 母衣蚊帳【ほろがや】 horogaya mosquito-net hood
- 枕蚊帳【まくらがや】 makuragaya pillow mosquito-net
蚊遣火【かやりび】 kayaribi mosquito smudge/coil (all summer)
- 蚊遣【かやり】 kayari mosquito smudge/coil
- 蚊火【かび】 kabi mosquito smudge/coil
- 蚊取線香【かとりせんこう】 katorisenkō mosquito coil/incense
香水【こうすい】 kōsui （かうすゐ）, perfume (all summer)
天瓜粉【てんかふん】 tenkafun （てんくわふん）, talcum powder (all summer)
- 汗しらず【あせしらず】 aseshirazu talcum powder
花氷【はなごおり】 hanagōri （はなごほり）, flowers-in-ice [a block of ice with flowers frozen inside, for both decoration and cooling] (late summer)
- 氷柱【ひょうちゅう／こおりばしら】 hyōchū/kōribashira ice pillar / block of ice [usually, as above, with flowers frozen inside]
団扇【うちわ】 uchiwa （うちは）, (round) fan [usually made of lightly framed paper glued to a handle] (all summer)
- 古団扇【ふるうちわ】 furu-uchiwa old fan
- 絵団扇【えうちわ】 e-uchiwa picture fan
- 渋団扇【しぶうちわ】 shibu-uchiwa persimmon fan [literally "astringent fan"--also called "persimmon fan" 柿団扇【かきうちわ】 kaki-uchiwa--with persimmon juice applied to the surface, said to benefit health]
- 水団扇【みずうちわ】 mizu-uchiwa watered fan [a waterproofed fan sprayed with water to enhance cooling effect]
- 団扇置【うちわおき】 uchiwaoki (round) fan stand/holder
- 団扇掛【うちわかけ】 uchiwakake hanging (round) fan [as decoration]
- 扇【おうぎ】 ōgi（おおぎ）, folding fan
- 扇風機【せんぷうき】 senpūki electric fan
風鈴【ふうりん】 fūrin wind chime/bell(s) (all summer)
- 風鈴売【ふうりんうり】 fūrin-uri wind-chime seller/vendor
走馬燈【そうまとう】 sōmatō revolving lantern (all summer)
- そうばとう sōbatō revolving lantern
- 回燈籠【まわりどうろう】 mawaridōrō revolving lantern
虫干【むしぼし】 mushiboshi airing out [books, clothing, etc., after the rainy season] (late summer)
- 虫払【むしばらい】 mushibarai clearing out insects
- 風入れ【かざいれ】 kaza-ire airing out
- 土用干【どようぼし】 doyōboshi dog-day airing
- 曝書【ばくしょ】 bakusho airing books
After the early summer rainy season is over, it is customary to choose a sunny day during the
"Dog Days" season--about July 20 though the first week of August--to air clothing, books, paintings,
household furnishings, etc., to rid them of mold and pests. Shrines and temples typically air out their
valued possessions at this time of year, and may put scrolls, paintings or antiques on public display
on this occasion. "Airing books" refers to putting out books, calligraphy, etc. Clothing, especially
kimono, are usually hung on bamboo poles suspended over a veranda. During the early summer rains it used
to be the custom to "burn okera" (槍術を焼く【そうじゅつをやく】 sōjutsu o
yaku; okera/sōjutsu is a Chinese medicinal herb) in houses to rid the air of excessive humidity.
[Original may imply silk kimonos.]
It can be a nuisance to bring books out for airing each summer, but they may call up pleasant memories.
Looking over his father's books, many of them Chinese classics, as he brings them out to be aired, the
author momentarily imagines the presence of his dead father.
なき人の小袖も今や土用干
芭蕉
naki-hito no kosode mo ima ya doyōboshi
even the robe
of the deceased included--
dog-day airing
Bashō
はさみたるスヰスのはがき書を曝す
松尾いはほ
hasamitaru suwisu no hagaki sho wo sarasu
between the pages
a postcard from Switzerland--
airing books
Matsuo Iwao
虫干に増えず減らざる母の衣
橋本美代子
mushiboshi ni fuezu herazuru haha no kinu
a summer's airing
never more nor less
mother's clothes
Hashimoto Miyoko
漢籍を曝して父の在るごとし
上田五千石
kanseki o sarashite chichi no aru gotoshi
Chinese classics
out for airing as if
father were here
Ueda Gosengoku
打水【うちみず】 uchimizu （うちみづ）, sprinkling/watering [the street or other areas to lay the dust and for cooling] (all summer)
- 水を打つ【みずをうつ】 mizu o utsu (to) sprinkle water
- 水撒き【みずまき】 mizu maki watering/sprinkling
夜濯【よすすぎ】 yosusugi night washing / overnight laundry (late summer)
田植【たうえ】 taue （たうゑ）, rice planting (mid summer)
- 田を植う【たをうう】 ta o uu (to) plant rice
- 田植歌【たうえうた】 taue-uta rice-planting song
- 田植笠【たうえがさ】 tauegasa rice-planting hat
"Rice planting" refers to the work of transplanting "young (rice) seedlings" (早苗【さなえ】sanae) to paddies after the paddies have been irrigated and ploughed and fertilizer applied. Traditionally,
this task was regarded as having strong religious import and was performed exclusively by "rice maidens"
(早乙女【さおとめ】 saotome)--unmarried girls wearing wide-brimmed hats for the occasion--who
sang "rice-planting songs". The songs called upon the gods of the paddies to help assure a bountiful
harvest.
In recent times, such customs have largely disappeared. How rice seedlings are planted varies from one
locale to another and depends in part on the kinds of paddies, but the rule is that seedlings are planted
in straight rows as the planters gradually move backwards. Performed during the summer rainy season,
it requires a lot of work slogging through deep mud. Often, all of the farming families of a village
will join forces to plant rice seedlings collectively. Together with the autumn harvest, this is one
of the two most important tasks of the agricultural year in Japan. Once the planting is finished, a sense
of quiet and of great calm seems to embrace the paddies and the village.
Traditionally, rice seeds were sown on the 88th evening of the lunar year, and the seedlings transplanted
33 days later, but the calendar varies by locale. Generally, the seedlings are transplanted from early
or middle June up until the beginning of July.
[The opening lines allude to the beginning of Du Fu's "Spring View": "The nation is ruined, but mountains
and rivers remain," in Gary Snyder's translation.]
The place-name "North of the Lake" suggests isolation, and the scene of a single farmer silently planting
rice seedlings all day long suggests desolation to the mind of a traveller--all the more so if it is
known that the rest of the village is caught up in the festival atmosphere of planting. The verse is
quite free of any subjective language, and its force is thus enhanced.
風流の初めやおくの田植うた
芭蕉
fūryū no hajime ya oku no taue-uta
refinement's beginnings--
deep in the north country
rice-planting song
Bashō
山河また一年経たり田を植うる
相馬遷子
sanga mata ichinen hetari ta o ueru
mountains and rivers
have passed another year
we plant rice
Sōma Senshi
田植歌山を越ゆればまたたがふ
縄田屋花文
taue-uta yama o koyureba mata tagau
rice-planting song--
cross another mountain
and it's different again
Nawadaya Hanafumi
一日中一人湖北の田植かな
細見綾子
ichinichijū hitori kohoku no taue kana
all day long
alone at North of the Lake
rice-planting
Hosomi Ayako
草取【くさとり】 kusatori weeding (all summer)
- 草むしり【くさむしり】 kusa-mushiri weed-plucking / weeding
- 除草【じょそう】 josō removing weeds / weeding
藻刈【もかり】 mokari harvesting/gathering/cutting waterweed (late summer)
- 藻刈舟【もかりぶね】 mokaribune waterweed (-gathering) boat
- 藻刈竿【もかりざお】 mokarizao waterweed pole
- 藻刈鎌【もかりがま】 mokarigama waterweed sickle
袋掛【ふくろかけ】 fukuro-kake bag-wrapping (fruit) [on the tree; the act of wrapping fruit to protect against insects, birds, etc.] (all summer)
誘蛾燈【ゆうがとう】 yūgatō （いうがとう）, insect light-trap / moth lantern (late summer)
繭【まゆ】 mayu silkworm cocoon (early summer)
- 繭簿【まぶし】 mabushi (silkworm) cocoon tray(s)
- 上蔟【あがり】 agari（じょうぞく）, gathering (silkworm) cocoons
- 繭掻【まゆかき】 mayukaki silkworm comb
- 新繭【しんまゆ】 shinmayu new (silkworm) cocoon(s)
- 白繭【しらまゆ】 shiramayu（しろまゆ）, white (silkworm) cocoon(s)
- 玉繭【たままゆ】 tamamayu jewel-like (silkworm) cocoon(s) [that is, "very fine cocoon(s)"]
- 生繭【なままゆ】 namamayu immature (silkworm) cocoon(s)
- 繭買【まゆかい】 mayukai buying (silkworm) cocoon(s)
鵜飼【うかい】 ukai （うかひ）, cormorant fishing (all summer)
- 鵜遣【うづかい】 uzukai cormorant fishing
- 鵜匠【うしょう】 ushō cormorant handler / cormorant fisherman/woman
- 鵜舟【うぶね】 ubune cormorant (fishing) boat
- 鵜篝【うかがり】 ukagari cormorant (fishing) fire-basket
- 鵜縄【うなわ】 unawa cormorant rope
- 鵜籠【うかご】 ukago cormorant cage
- 荒鵜【あらう】 ara-u wild cormorant
夜釣【よづり】 yozuri night fishing (all summer)
避暑【ひしょ】 hisho to summer [that is, spend the summer in a resort area] (late summer)
納涼【すずみ】 suzumi cooling off [of people, usually after sundown on a hot day, outdoors] (late summer)
- のうりょう（納涼） nōryō cooling off
- 涼む【すずむ】 suzumu (to) cool off
- 涼み舟【すずみぶね】 suzumibune boat for cooling off
- 朝涼み【あさすずみ】 asasuzumi cooling off at morning
- 夕涼み【ゆうすずみ】 yūsuzumi cooling off at evening
- 夜涼み【よすずみ】 yosuzumi cooling off at night
- 門涼み【かどすずみ】 kadosuzumi cooling off at the gate
- 橋涼み【はしすずみ】 hashisuzumi cooling off on the bridge
- 縁涼み【えんすずみ】 ensuzumi cooling off on the porch/verandah
- 下涼み【したすずみ】 shitasuzumi cooling off downstairs
ヨット yotto yacht (all summer)
登山【とざん】 tozan mountain-climbing / mountaineering (late summer)
- 登山口【とざんぐち】 tozanguchi mountain-climbing trail-head/entrance
- 登山宿【とざんやど】 tozanyado mountain-climbers' shelter
- ケルン kerun cairn [piled-rock trail-marker]
泳ぎ【およぎ】 oyogi swimming (all summer)
- 遠泳【えんえい】 en'ei long-distance swimming
プール pūru (outdoor) swimming pool (late summer)
海水浴【かいすいよく】 kaisui yoku （かいすゐよく）, ocean bathing / seawater bathing / ocean swimming (late summer)
- 潮浴【しおあび】 shio-abi saltwater bathing
夜店【よみせ】 yomise night stall / night fair (all summer)
花火【はなび】 hanabi fireworks (late summer)
- 打揚花火【うちあげはなび】 uchiage-hanabi skyrocket(s) / aerial firework(s)
- 仕掛花火【しかけはなび】 shikake-hanabi set piece(s) [fireworks attached to a frame standing on the ground, to form a design when lit]
- 線香花火【せんこうはなび】 senkō-hanabi scented fireworks [literally "incense fireworks"]
- 遠花火【とおはなび】 tōhanabi far/distant fireworks
- 昼花火【ひるはなび】 hiru hanabi midday/daytime fireworks
As with standard fireworks, gunpowder is mixed together, then loaded and rolled into a hariko
ball (made by layers of paper). These gunpowder balls are put into a barrel, lighted for explosion,
and hauled up high in the air. Dazzling bright colors of hanabi spread themselves
across the night sky, displaying the careful contrivance of each of the detonators. The "set fireworks"
(仕掛花火 [しかけはなび], shikake hanabi), are the kind of fireworks
especially designed to make various shapes or letters appear on the sky. Families enjoy smaller hanabi for children, like the scented or joss-stick fireworks (線香花火 [せんこうはなび],
senkō-hanabi). There are varieties of smaller fireworks. There are ones
with the detonators twisted into a paper-string to make sparks flash out of them like little stars; or
sparks that shoot down like eulalia, called "mouse hanabi," (鼠花火 [ねずみはなび],
nezumi hanabi), which runs around the ground like a mouse until it finally explodes;
there is also the "electric hanabi" (電気花火 [でんきはなび], denki hanabi). Be it the big hanabi in the sky or the small
scented fireworks enjoyed in the garden-- even as they each excite different emotions-- hanabi
remains a refreshing entertainment that enriches the enjoyment of a summer evening. The famous "river
opening" festival in Ryōgoku (両国 [りょうごく]) is a popular traditional
event that brings a lively throng to the streets, reaching as far back as the Edo
era and reintroduced recently; nowadays, many localities hold their own elaborate hanabi
exhibitions (花火大会 [はなびたいかい], hanabi taikai) as well. Hanabi invokes different reactions depending on the viewer's state of mind. Because
of its ephemeral quality, hanabi, which takes only a moment to disappear, has
been employed in Japanese literary conventions to signify transience. While hanabi
is now associated with summer, this was not always the case. In haiku, hanabi
used to be treated as a season word for autumn. This is because in the past, hanabi
was more closely associated with the bonfire at the Feast of Lanterns, lit for speeding [escorting] the
spirits of the dead. In Saijiki（歳時記 [さいじき]）, haiku poems
with "hanabi" are classified under autumn, and "scented hanabi"
under summer.
Continuing to see flashes of what one just saw even after closing the eyes, is called an afterimage.
This haiku however involves more than just a description of a hanabi afterimage
phenomenon. The emphasis of the poem is not on the afterimage itself, but on the vividness of the actual
hanabi. The poem crystallizes the brilliance of the hanabi
that beautifully illuminated the night sky, while at the same time lamenting the transience of the hanabi that disappeared in a mere moment.
暗く暑く大群衆と花火待つ
西東三鬼
kuraku atsuku daigunshū to hanabi matsu
dark and hot
among the crowded throng I wait
for hanabi
Saitō Sanki
花火消えみちのくの闇底無しに
山崎和賀流
hanabi kie michinoku no yami sokonashi ni
hanabi disappears
and the darkness in Michinoku
becomes bottomless
Yamazaki Wagaryū
手花火の消えたる闇の匂ひかな
斎藤蘆穗
tehanabi no kietaru yami no nioi kana
sparks from hanabi
disappear in my hand—
oh the scent of darkness
Saitō Roho
まなうらに今の花火がしたたれり
草間時彦
manaura ni ima no hanabi ga shitatareri
in the back of my vision
the hanabi I saw just now
trickles down
Kusama Tokihiko
水遊び【みずあそび】 mizu-asobi （みづあそび）, water-play (all summer)
水中花【すいちゅうか】 suichūka flower-in-water [that is, in a glass or bottle filled with water] (all summer)
草笛【くさぶえ】 kusabue grass whistle (all summer)
裸【はだか】 hadaka naked / nude (late summer)
- 素裸【すっぱだか】 suppadaka stark naked
- 丸裸【まるはだか】 maru-hadaka completely nude
- 裸身【らしん】 rashin naked body
- 裸子【はだかご】 hadakago naked baby/child
端居【はしい】 hashi-i （はしゐ）, cooling on the threshold/porch/veranda [literally "being on the threshold"] (all summer)
髪洗う【かみあらう】 kami arau to wash one's hair (all summer)
- 洗い髪【あらいがみ】 araigami freshly washed hair
汗【あせ】 ase sweat / perspiration (all summer)
- 玉の汗【たまのあせ】 tama no ase bead/drop of sweat/perspiration
- 汗ばむ【あせばむ】 asebamu (to) become sweaty
日焼【ひやけ】 hiyake sunburn (all summer)
- 潮焼【しおやけ】 shioyake sea-side burn [literally "tidal burn"; sunburn and windburn from being on or near the ocean]
昼寝【ひるね】 hirune midday nap / siesta (all summer)
- 午睡【ごすい】 gosui midday nap / siesta [named for the "hour of the horse", noon]
- 昼寝覚【ひるねざめ】 hirunezame awakening from a midday nap/siesta
- 三尺寝【さんしゃくね】 sanshakune three-foot nap [literal; to nap within a three-foot square]
夏痩【なつやせ】 natsuyase summer thinness (all summer)
- 夏負【なつまけ】 natsumake suffering from summer heat
帰省【きせい】 kisei homecoming / returning home [for summer vacation] (late summer)
