Word Meaning 孟夏 (Mouka): Beginning of Summer

Meaning

English

beginning of summer
fourth month of the lunar calendar

Reading

Kana

もうか

Romaji

mouka

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Antonyms 季夏 Rank 139876 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

孟子

もうし

Mencius (one of the Four Books)

孟母断機の教え

もうぼだんきのおしえ

(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished

盛夏

せいか

midsummer

長く暑い夏

ながくあついなつ

Long, hot summer (of 1967, when race riots occurred in many cities in the US)

暑夏

しょか

hot summer

華夏

かか

Huaxia (historical concept of China)

炎夏

えんか

hot summer

初夏

しょか

early summer

夏

なつ

summer

真夏

まなつ

middle of summer

今夏

こんか

this summer

冷夏

れいか

cool summer

Example Sentences

1

孟夏の風が田んぼをわたってきた。

もうかのかぜがたんぼをわたってきた。

The wind of early summer swept across the rice fields.