月夜
Chinese edit
moon; month | night | ||
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simp. and trad. (月夜) |
月 | 夜 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
月夜
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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月 | 夜 |
つき Grade: 1 |
よ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
From 月 (tsuki, “moon”) + 夜 (yo, “night”).
Alternatively, a shift from Old Japanese 月夜 (tukuyo1).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a moonlit night or evening, especially during autumn
- (by extension, archaic) the moon
- (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 飯鮨 (iizushi): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- 月夜影 (tsukiyokage)
- 月夜烏 (tsukiyogarasu)
- 月夜ざし (tsukiyozashi)
- 月夜茸 (tsukiyotake)
- 有明月夜 (ariake tsukiyo)
- 薄月夜 (usuzukiyo)
- 朧月夜 (oborozukiyo)
- 星月夜 (hoshizukiyo)
- 夕月夜 (yūzukiyo)
- 雪月夜 (yukizukiyo)
- 宵月夜 (yoizukiyo)
Idioms edit
Proverbs edit
- 月夜に提灯も外聞 (tsukiyo ni chōchin mo gaibun)
- 月夜の蟹 (tsukiyo no kani)
- いつも月夜に米の飯 (itsumo tsukiyo ni kome no meshi)
- 親と月夜はいつもよい (oya to tsukiyo wa itsumo yoi)
Etymology 2 edit
By surface analysis, 月 (tsuku, “moon”, the bound form of 月 (tsuki)) + 夜 (yo, “night”).
Pronunciation edit
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Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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月 | 夜 |
げつ Grade: 1 |
や Grade: 2 |
kan’on | on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 月夜 (MC ngjwot yaeH).
Pronunciation edit
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Old Japanese edit
Etymology edit
From 月 (tuku, apophonic and compounding form of tuki2, “moon”) + 夜 (yo1, “night”).
Noun edit
月夜 (tukuyo1) (kana つくよ)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Descendants edit
- Japanese: 月夜 (tsukiyo)
See also edit
- 久方の (pi1sakata no2), pillow word that can allude to tukuyo1