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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)
On readings
ゲツガツ
Kun readings
つき
Words with 月
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —来月末end of next month
- —月面車lunar rover; Moon buggy
- —月経痛menstrual pain; menstrual cramps; algomenorrhea
- —月経期menstrual period
- —月宮殿moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra; imperial palace; Yoshiwara red light district
- —月火水Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- —月旦評character sketch; comments on personalities; commentary
- —水月会Suigetsukai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party formed in 2015 by members previously not part of any faction); Ishiba faction
- —月光族carefree young people who spend all their income; moonlight clan
- —今月号this month's issue (e.g. of a magazine); current issue
- —長年月long period of time
- —円月橋moon bridge; semicircular bridge resembling a full moon when viewed together with its reflection
- —月状骨lunate bone; semilunar bone
- —月桂冠Gekkeikan (sake manufacturer)
- —花鳥風月beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics; artistic pursuits involving nature themes
- —月下氷人go-between; matchmaker; Cupid
- —月経周期menstrual cycle
- —日進月歩steady progress; rapid advance
- —月下美人Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum); night-blooming cereus; queen of the night
- —月刊雑誌monthly magazine