夏場|なつばnatsuba[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsummertime; summer season
   夏場なつばの東京とうきょうは台風たいふうに見舞みまわれやすい。↗

   Tokyo is subject to typhoons in summer.

• SynonymサマーCasualColloquial loanword, mostly in compounds like 「サマータイム」. 「夏場」 is native Japanese (wago).
• Synonym夏季かきNeutralSummer as one of the four seasons; more formal, as in 「夏季休暇」. 「夏場」 is the colloquial word for the summer period.
• Synonym夏なつNeutralThe everyday word for summer, the most common of all. 「夏場」 stresses the period of summer and often ties into business climate.
• Synonym夏期かきWrittenWritten word for the summer period, as in 「夏期講習」. 「夏場」 is more colloquial.
• Synonym夏時かじWrittenWritten and rare word for the summer season. 「夏場」 is a colloquial native-Japanese term for the stretch of summer.
• Antonym冬場ふゆばNeutralWintertime; the seasonal opposite of 「夏場」.

Use 「夏場」 for the summer stretch, often with business climate as in 「夏場は客が減る」. For everyday talk pick 「夏」, for formal writing 「夏季」, for courses 「夏期」; the opposite is 「冬場」.

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1. 夏なつの期間きかん。夏季かき。