No. 4,702 in Russian
жары
"Жары" in English means "heat" (plural form or context-dependent).
In a sentence
Я не люблю сильной жары.
I do not like intense heat.
Here, 'жары' is the genitive form of 'жара', meaning heat, used to specify the undesired type of heat (intense).
На улице было много жары этим летом.
There was a lot of heat outside this summer.
In this sentence, 'жары' is still in the genitive case, used to express abundance ('много' — much) of heat ('жары').
Из-за жары мы решили не выходить днем.
Due to the heat, we decided not to go out during the day.
Here, 'жары' represents the cause of the decision ('жара' — heat, in the genitive case for expressing reason).
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