月見

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月 見
つき
Grade: 1 		み
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 月 (tsuki, “moon”) +‎ 見 (mi, “viewing, seeing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る miru “to see, to watch”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

月(つき)見(み) • (tsukimi) 

  1. moon viewing, generally of the full moon
  2. a celebration of the harvest moon in autumn
  3. a type of cuisine, with one egg in the center of the dish, either raw or sunny-side up, with the yolk representing the full moon

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 月見(つきみ)饂飩(うどん) (tsukimi udon): tsukimi-style udon noodles
  • 月見(つきみ)藁麦(そば) (tsukimi soba): tsukimi-style soba noodles
  • 月見(つきみ)団子(だんご) (tsukimi dango): tsukimi-style dango dumplings

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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