睦月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
睦	月
むつ Grade: S	つき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

睦 (mutsu, “affectionate”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”)(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) むつき [múꜜtsùkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

Noun

睦月 (hiragana むつき, rōmaji mutsuki)

(archaic) the first month of the lunar calendar
(poetic) January

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

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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