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): [na̠ɡa̠t͡sɨ̥kʲi]

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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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