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Breakdown of natu
summer
夏
One part of your self wants it to be winter, the other part wants it to be summer.
Usages of natu
ここ は 夏 が とても 暑い。koko ha natu ga totemo atui.
Here, summer is very hot.
冬 より 夏 が 好き だ。huyu yori natu ga suki da.
(I) like summer better than winter.
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夏休みnatuyasumi
summer vacation
「夏 と 冬、 どちら の 方 が 好き か。」 「夏 の 方 が 冬 より 好き だ。」「natu to huyu, dotira no hou ga suki ka.」 「natu no hou ga huyu 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 natu, kaigairyokou wo surukoto ni suru.
I've decided to travel abroad this summer.
一昨年 の 夏 は 暑かった。ototosi no natu ha atukatta.
The summer of the year before last was hot.
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