雨月

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
げつ
Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(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

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References

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