つきおくれ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
月遅れ月後れ

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月遅れ

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From 月(つき) (tsuki) + 遅(おく)れ (okure, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 遅(おく)れる (okureru).”).

つきおくれ • (tsukiokure) ^{←つきおくれ (tukiokure)^?}

celebrating a holiday 1 month after its official date on the Western calendar,^{[note 1]} and thus closer to its date on the traditional lunar calendar
月遅(つきおく)れ盆(ぼん)
tsukiokure-bon
month-later-Obon (August 15 instead of July 15)

^ Japan transposed lunar dates onto the Western calendar during the Meiji era instead of keeping both separately, as is done in China.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN