月並み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つき
Grade: 1

Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
月竝み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Originally meant monthly, the shift in meaning can be attributed to Monthly Haiku Gatherings (月並句合), during the Bunka era (1804-1818). These events involved people submitting haiku, and the best ones were published.

In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the renowned haiku poet Masaoka Shiki criticized the often uninspired and conventional haiku produced at these monthly gatherings, referring to them as "月並調 (tsukinami chō)" - "tsukinami style" or "tsukinami tone."

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きなみ [tsùkínámí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨkʲina̠mʲi]

Adjective

(つき)() • (tsukinamiつきなみ (tukinami)?-na (adnominal (つき)() (tsukinami na), adverbial (つき)() (tsukinami ni))

  1. trite
  2. commonplace, conventional
  3. hackneyed
  4. every month

Inflection