炎天下

えんてんか

Meanings

1. Noun under the blazing sun; in sweltering heat

Kanji

• 炎 flame. Read as エン.
• 天 heaven. Read as テン.
• 下 down. Read as カ.

Example sentences

• 彼らはバスを降り、炎天下を二キロ歩きました。
  They got off the bus and walked two kilometres in the hot sun.

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