Word of the Day: Stifling
If you’ve lived or even visited the Kansai region in summer, you already know what stifling means.
I only have to give you an example. Imagine Osaka in August.
Can you feel the oppressive heat and humidity? It’s very hot and unpleasant, right?
Well, that is what stifling means: hot and unpleasant.
If you are in Tokyo, I imagine that the trains are hot and unpleasant when they are crowded, just like how riding overcrowded trains in India must feel.
Another problem which is caused by stifling heat is inertia. When it becomes too hot indoors, and the air becomes stale, and close people begin to suffer from inertia.
No one wants to do anything except perhaps sleep, but then again it may be too hot to sleep.
This summer the weather in Wakayama is stifling just like around the rest of Japan.
My dog, Sora-chan, is having a difficult time with the extreme heat.
She spends most of her time lying on the tatami not moving at all. She doesn&t even have enough energy to curl her tail up.