土用

どよう

Meanings

1. Noun midsummer (late July through early August); dog days (of summer)
2. final 18 days of each season on the traditional solar calendar

Kanji

• 土 soil. Read as ド.
• 用 use. Read as ヨウ.

Words containing 土用

• 土用の丑の日 (どようのうしのひ) midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
• 土用干し (どようぼし) summer airing (of clothes)
• 土用休み (どようやすみ) summer vacation

And 4 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists