雨月

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雨 月
う
Grade: 1		 げつ
Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

Compound of Middle Chinese elements 雨 (u, “rain”) +‎ 月 (getsu, “moon, moonlight, month”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) う​げつ [úꜜgètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

雨(う)月(げつ) • (ugetsu) 

  1. the moon unseen due to the rain
    Synonyms: 雨の月 (ame no tsuki), 雨名月 (ame meigetsu)
    Hypernym: 無月 (mugetsu)
  2. the fifth month in the lunar calendar
    Synonym: 五月 (satsuki)

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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