natsubate

Natsubate is the reason so many of us feel utterly exhausted at the moment, as we battle through perilously high temperatures once more. Hailing from Japan, it translates as “summer exhaustion” and describes that feel-it-in-your-bones, all-encompassing dog- tiredness experienced during periods of extreme heat and humidity.

Do you need a word to describe how you feel in the heat? I nominate ‘natsubate’ Polly Hudson 2026