有明月

有明月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
有	明	月
あ(り) Grade: 3	あ(け) Grade: 2	つき > づき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 有明 (ariake, “dawn, especially at the sixteenth night onwards”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “moon”).

The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

有明月(ありあけづき) • (ariake-zuki) 

1. Synonym of 有明の月 (ariake no tsuki): the daybreak moon