sultry, hot, summer heat
暑 centers on oppressive, moisture-laden heat: the kind of sultry, sweltering weather that defines summer. The idea of summer heat is the natural context for this intense, sticky warmth.
暑 combines 日 (sun) with 者, which here acts as a phonetic component suggesting the sound ショ while also evoking the idea of something intense or manifest. Together they express the sun's intense, sultry heat.
The sun 日 beats down on a person 者, making the air thick and sultry. Imagine someone wilting under the oppressive summer heat.
For ショ, picture the sun 日 turning the heat up to a show-stopping level: show -> ショ, and the sultry weather steals the scene.
hot; warm; sultry; heated
heat wave; fierce heat
humid; sultry
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer
intense heat; severe heat
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; oppressively hot
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
being sensitive to the heat; person who is sensitive to the heat
summer heat; hot weather
heat of summer
it is very warm
extremely hot
"limit of heat" solar term (approx. August 23, when the weather is said to start cooling down)
severe heat; intense heat; oppressive heat
intense heat
extreme heat
approach of the hot season; approaching the hottest time of the year
blistering heat
hot and cold; summer and winter