Meaning
残暑 (ざんしょ, zansho) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “lingering summer heat”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
今年も残暑が厳しかった。
The lingering summer heat was harsh this year, too.
今年は残暑が厳しい。
This year the lingering summer heat is severe.
今年は残暑がきびしい.
The late summer heat is severe this year.
日本は残暑が厳しいです。
The lingering summer heat of Japan is tough.
今日も残暑が厳しかった。
The summer heat was intense again today.
こちらは残暑きびしい毎日です。
Every day is intense heat over here.
残暑厳しい折いかがお過ごしでしょうか。
How are you doing in this scorching late summer heat?
新酒の仕込みには残暑の厳しい日が選ばれる。
The preparation of materials for brewing new sake begins when the lingering summer heat is still severe.
梅雨明けから立秋の間に送り、それ以降は残暑見舞いとなる。
It is sent from the end of the rainy season till risshu (the first day of autumn) and after that it changes to zanshomimai (late-summer greeting card).
今でいえば八月下旬で、残暑厳しい折ではあるが、そのために乳酸菌の発酵が容易だったなどのメリットもあった。
Although the season corresponds to the present-day end of August when the lingering summer heat is intense, there were such benefits as fermentation of lactic acid bacterium was easy because of that.