On August Seventh Japan's Calendar Says It Is Autumn. Then You Step Outside.

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1. 八月七日は立秋です。暦の上では、もう秋なんです。 hachigatsu nanoka wa risshū desu. koyomi no ue de wa, mō aki nan desu. August seventh is 立秋. On the old calendar, autumn has already started.
2. でも、外はまだ真夏ですよね。 demo, soto wa mada manatsu desu yo ne. But outside it is still the height of summer, right?
3. だから立秋を過ぎたら、「暑い」じゃなくて「残暑」と言うんです。 dakara risshū o sugitara, "atsui" ja nakute "zansho" to iu n desu. So once that day passes, it is not hot any more. It is lingering heat.
4. はがきも同じで、立秋からは「暑中見舞い」が「残暑見舞い」に変わります。 hagaki mo onaji de, risshū kara wa "shochū mimai" ga "zansho mimai" ni kawarimasu. Postcards do the same. From that day, midsummer greetings become late summer greetings.
5. 残暑が厳しいですね。 zansho ga kibishii desu ne. The lingering heat is brutal, isn't it.
6. 八月の終わりにこう言えたら、ぐっと自然に聞こえますよ。 hachigatsu no owari ni kō ietara, gutto shizen ni kikoemasu yo. Say this at the end of August and you sound a lot more natural.