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    3. 土用

    土用

    土ど用よう

    midsummer

    KMT10News #43+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    どよう

    Noun

    1.
    midsummer, dog days

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    土ど用ようの丑うしの日ひはうなぎを食たべます。

    On the Day of the Ox during Doyō, we eat eel.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsFood & Dining
    土ど用よう餅もちを食たべる習しゅう慣かんは、江え戸ど時じ代だいから続つづいている。

    The custom of eating Doyō mochi has continued since the Edo period.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFood & DiningHistory
    土ど用ようの時じ期きは、一いち年ねんで最もっとも暑あつい季き節せつです。

    The Doyō period is the hottest season of the year.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsWeather & Geography
    土ど用ようは立りっ夏か、立りっ秋しゅう、立りっ冬とう、立りっ春しゅんの前まえの約やく18日にち間かんを指さす。

    Doyō refers to the approximately 18 days before Rikka (beginning of summer), Risshū (beginning of autumn), Rittō (beginning of winter), and Rishshun (beginning of spring).

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsScience & Math
    土ど用ようの期き間かんは、体たい調ちょう管かん理りに特ときに気きをつけなければならない。

    During the Doyō period, one must be especially careful with health management.

    KMT10Weather & GeographyMedicine & HealthDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    土
    つち…(5)
    soil・earth・ground・Turkey
    用
    もち.いる…(2)
    utilize・business・service・use・employ
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