長月

Japanese
Kanji in this term
長 月
なが
Grade: 2		 つき
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

長(ながい) (nagai, “long”) + 月(つき) (tsuki, “month”)

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) なが​つき [nàgáꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
    • IPA(key): [na̠ɡa̠t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

    Noun

    長(なが)月(つき) • (nagatsuki) 

    1. (archaic) the ninth month of the lunar calendar
    2. (poetic) the long month; September

    Coordinate terms: 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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