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Breakdown of natsu
summer
夏
One part of your self wants it to be winter, the other part wants it to be summer.
Usages of natsu
ここ は 夏 が とても 暑い。koko wa natsu ga totemo atsui.
Here, summer is very hot.
冬 より 夏 が 好き だ。fuyu yori natsu ga suki da.
(I) like summer better than winter.
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夏休みnatsuyasumi
summer vacation
「夏 と 冬、 どちら の 方 が 好き か。」 「夏 の 方 が 冬 より 好き だ。」「natsu to fuyu, dochira no hou ga suki ka.」 「natsu no hou ga fuyu yori suki da.」
A: Which do you like more, summer or winter? B: I like summer more than winter.
この 夏、 海外旅行 を すること に する。kono natsu, kaigairyokou o surukoto ni suru.
I've decided to travel abroad this summer.
一昨年 の 夏 は 暑かった。ototoshi no natsu wa atsukatta.
The summer of the year before last was hot.
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