げっけい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of げっけい – see the following entries.

【月経】 [noun] menstruation

【月桂】 [noun] (Chinese mythology) the laurel tree that grows on the moon [noun] (subsequently) the moon [noun] (by extension) moonlight [noun] Clipping of 月桂樹 (gekkeiju, “laurel, Laurus nobilis”).

(This term, げっけい (gekkei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)