夏
Kana: なつ
summer
Example sentence
夏はよく泳ぎます。
なつはよくおよぎます。
In summer I often swim.
What 夏 means
夏 (なつ) is a Japanese word meaning “summer”. It belongs to the Time, Weather & Colors topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.