土ど用ようTop 35000MeaningsNoun1. midsummer (late July through early August); dog days (of summer)2. final 18 days of each season on the traditional solar calendarKanji used土earth用used forPitch accentどようUsed in vocabulary土ど用よう干ぼしsummer airing (of clothes)Noun土ど用よう休やすみsummer vacationNoun土ど用よう波なみhigh waves which rise during the dog days of summerNoun土ど用よう丑うしの日ひmidsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)Expression土ど用よう丑うしday of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summerNoun土ど用よう餅もちdoyō mochi (mochi made during the dog days of summer)Noun