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

    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

    References

    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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