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ドヨウ
Meanings
Noun
1. midsummer (late July through early August); dog days (of summer)
2. final 18 days of each season on the traditional solar calendar
Alt. forms
土ど用よう
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ドヨウ
Pitch accent
ド
ヨウ
Composed of
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
high waves which rise during the dog days of summer
midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
summer vacation
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
doyō mochi (mochi made during the dog days of summer)