昨夏

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 昨夏(さくか) is a compact expression for the summer of the previous year.
• Basic usage: It briefly refers in writing to events such as last summer's trip or heat wave.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Its everyday equivalent
  • 昨夏 refers to the same period as 去年の夏 and is a written-style expression used in reports or records.
• Reading 夏
  • Here 夏 is read か, producing the whole reading さくか.