This is one of the subdivided phrases from the solar terms system allocated to the middle of August, in other words, in the midst of the lingering summer heat.

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Although I learned it meant “deep fog shrouds the world” I don’t associate fog with the heat around this time.

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I just wonder if my distant relatives living in the mountains of the central part of Kyoto Prefecture may understand this sense of the season very well.

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