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睦月

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

⟨mutu tuki2⟩ → */mut̚tuki/ → ⟨mutuki2⟩ → /mutukʷɨ/ → /mut͡suki/

From Old Japanese.

Appears to be derived from root 睦 (mutsu-, “affectionate, harmonious”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

睦(む)月(つき) • (mutsuki) 

  1. (archaic) the first month of the lunar calendar
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 815:
      , text here
      武都紀(むつき)多知(たち)波流能吉多良婆(はるのきたらば)可久斯許曽(かくしこそ)烏梅乎乎岐都々(うめををきつつ)多努之岐乎倍米(たのしきをへめ)　[大(だい)貳(にの)紀(き)卿(きやう)] [Man'yōgana]
      むつき立(た)ち春(はる)の来(きた)らばかくしこそ梅(うめ)を招(を)きつつ楽(たの)しき終(を)へめ　[大(だい)弐(にの)紀(き)卿(きやう)] [Modern spelling]
      mutsuki tachi haru no kitaraba kakushi koso ume o okitsutsu tanoshiki oeme (Daini no Ki-kyō)
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. (poetic) the month of harmony; January

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References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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