月読

月読

See also: 月讀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	読
つき Grade: 1	よ(み) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
月讀 (kyūjitai) 月読み 月夜見

Etymology

Shift from Old Japanese 月讀 (tukuyo₂mi₁), using the modern reading of 月 (tsuki, “moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つきよみ [tsùkíyómí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲijo̞mʲi]

Noun

月(つき)読(よみ) • (tsukiyomi)  (kyūjitai 月讀)

1. a moon god
2. (poetic) the Moon
   • 986-999, Kintada-shū (poem 28)

     つきよみのあめにのぼりてやみもなくあきらけきよをみるがたのしさ

     tsukiyomi no ame ni noborite yami mo naku akirakeki yo o miru ga tanoshisa

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Proper noun

月(つき)読(よみ) • (Tsukiyomi)  (kyūjitai 月讀)

1. (Japanese mythology) Short for 月読尊 (Tsukiyomi no mikoto): Tsukuyomi, the moon god in Shinto mythology

Derived terms

• 月(つき)読(よみ)宮(のみや) (Tsukiyomi-no-miya, a shrine to Tsukuyomi in the Miyajiri area of Ise, Mie Prefecture)

See also

• 天(あま)照(てらす) (Amaterasu)
• 須(す)佐(さ)之(の)男(お) (Susanoo)
• 伊(い)邪(ざ)那(な)岐(ぎ) (Izanagi)
• 伊邪那美(いざなみ) (Izanami)

References

1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN