summer / Xia dynasty

a female given name / a surname

(Buddhism) summer according to the lunisolar calendar; the ninety days starting from the sixteenth day of the fourth month until the fifteenth day of the seventh month

the Xia dynasty (first dynasty of China) / Short for 大夏 (Daika): Xia, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms / Short for 西夏 (Seika): Western Xia, an empire during the Song dynasty / a surname

snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)

(idiomatic) tagalong

(judo, sumo) sukuinage

to scoop up, to dip up (from water)

The Japanese festival of Hina matsuri, held on 3 March.

A ceremony celebrating the beginning of spring.