水無月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	無	月
み Grade: 1	な Grade: 4	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

水 (みず, mizu), "water" + 無 (な, na) as a euphonious but meaningless 当て字 (ateji) + 月 (つき, tsuki), "month"

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) みなづき [mìnáꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [mʲina̠zɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

水無月 (hiragana みなづき, rōmaji minazuki)

(archaic) the sixth month of the lunar calendar
(poetic) the month of water; June

Coordinate terms

(Japanese calendar months) 睦月 (むつき) (mutsuki), 如月 (きさらぎ) (kisaragi), 弥 (や)生 (よい) (yayoi), 卯 (う)月 (づき) (uzuki), 皐 (さ)月 (つき) (satsuki), 水 (み)無 (な)月 (づき) (minazuki), 文 (ふみ)月 (づき) (fumizuki), 葉 (は)月 (づき) (hazuki), 長 (なが)月 (つき) (nagatsuki), 神 (かん)無 (な)月 (づき) (kannazuki), 霜 (しも)月 (つき) (shimotsuki), 師 (し)走 (わす) (shiwasu)

References

↑ 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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