Illustration: On the veranda of a suburban Japanese home, a resident in a light short-sleeved shirt brings a bamboo blind out of storage for the season. The garden is full of fresh, tender leaves; a hydrangea has mostly tight flower heads with just a few outer florets opening.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

初しょ夏か

shoka

early summer

Example sentences

  1. 初夏しょかのさわやかな雰囲気ふんいきが、男同士おとこどうしの友情ゆうじょうを際立きわだたせている。

    A fresh atmosphere in early summer emphasizes the friendship between men.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 茶ちゃの産地さんちとしても知しられ、初夏しょかになれば新緑しんりょくが斜面しゃめんを鮮あざやかに彩いろどる。

    It is also known as a production area of tea, fresh green leaves cover slopes brightly in the beginning of summer.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 前庭ぜんていには、禅哲学者ぜんてつがくしゃ・鈴木大拙すずきだいせつお手植てうえのツツジが、初夏しょかに花はなを咲さかせる。

    The azaleas planted in the front garden by Daisetsu SUZUKI of Zen philosopher come into bloom in early summer.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 初夏

  • 初first time; beginningOnショKunはじめ・はじめて・はつ
  • 夏summerOnカ・ガ・ゲKunなつ

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