雨月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨	月
う Grade: 1	げつ Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

Compound of Middle Chinese elements 雨 (u, “rain”) +‎ 月 (getsu, “moon, moonlight, month”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) うげつ [úꜜgètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

雨(う)月(げつ) • (ugetsu)

the moon unseen due to the rain
Synonyms: 雨の月 (ame no tsuki), 雨名月 (ame meigetsu)

Hypernym: 無月 (mugetsu)
the fifth month in the lunar calendar
Synonym: 五月 (satsuki)

Derived terms

雨(う)月(げつ)物(もの)語(がたり) (Ugetsu Monogatari): yomihon by Ueda Akinari

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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