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月 kanji
month, moon
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
ゲツガツ
Kun readings
つき
Words with 月
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —月給取りsalaried employee
- —月賦販売selling on a (monthly) installment plan (instalment); hire purchase
- —丸一ヶ月the whole month; all the month
- —皆既月食total eclipse of the Moon
- —平均月収average monthly salary
- —日月星辰the Sun, the Moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies
- —海底撈月totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)
- —鏡花水月flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
- —月下推敲polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction
- —月給泥棒freeloader; slacker; lazy worker who does not deserve his salary
- —孤城落月feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
- —羞月閉花the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt
- —人物月旦character sketch; comments on personalities
- —清風明月refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon
- —閉月羞花charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed
- —月下老人go-between; matchmaker
- —春花秋月spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season
- —赤新月社Red Crescent Society
- —月面着陸Moon landing; lunar landing
- —花天月地flowers blooming in moonlight