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

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ながつき [nàgáꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

Noun

長月 (hiragana ながつき, rōmaji nagatsuki)

(archaic) the ninth month of the lunar calendar
(poetic) the long month; September

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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