Summer of Summer in Chinese / Japanese...

夏 is the word/character used to describe the Summer season in Chinese, Korean and Japanese.

If your name is Summer, I like this character better than transliterating a few characters together to make something that sounds like “summer.”

This is a Chinese translation of the phrase, “One swallow doesn’t make a summer” or “A lone swallow cannot bring summer.”

秋 is the word/character used to describe the Autumn or Fall season in Chinese and Japanese.

See Also:  Winter | Spring | Summer | Four Seasons

四阿 is the Japanese surname Azuka, Adzuma, Azuma, or Aoka.

This also means arbor/arbour, bower, summer house, or square gazebo.

春夏秋冬 is one way to express “The Four Seasons “ or “All Year Round “.

The characters here represent Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall), and Winter.

飛んで火に入る夏の虫 is a Japanese proverb that means rushing to one's doom.

The literal meaning is, “Summer insects flying into the flame” which is like the English idiom, “Like a moth to a flame.”

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is the Japanese name Samidare.

The meaning of the name is “early-summer rain.” Literally, it's “5th moon rain,” which means “rain in the month of May.” This may refer to an anime character, a Japanese battleship in WWII, or a place in Japan called Samidare.

一次霜凍不代表整個冬天 is a proverb that means “One frost doesn't make winter.”

The deeper meaning is that a single early sign of cold weather doesn't signify the full onset or severity of winter; it's about the gradual transition of seasons, patience, and not jumping to conclusions.

It's a reminder to stay resilient, wait for the real season to arrive, and not let one small event define the whole experience, similar to how one kind word can warm you for months.

While the origin of this proverb is murky (not originally Chinese, likely a modern adaptation of “One swallow does not a summer make”), this idea aligns with the Chinese solar terms (二十四節氣), which mark subtle shifts, like the transition from "cold dew" (寒露) to "frost falls" (霜降).