長月

長月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	月
なが Grade: 2	つき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

長(ながい) (nagai, “long”) + 月(つき) (tsuki, “month”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) なが​つき [nàgáꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

Noun

長(なが)月(つき) • (nagatsuki) 

1. (archaic) the ninth month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) the long month; September

Coordinate terms

• (Japanese calendar months) 睦(む)月(つき) (mutsuki), 如月(きさらぎ) (kisaragi), 弥(や)生(よい) (yayoi), 卯(う)月(づき) (uzuki), 皐(さ)月(つき) (satsuki), 水(み)無(な)月(づき) (minazuki), 文(ふみ)月(づき) (fumizuki), 葉(は)月(づき) (hazuki), 長(なが)月(つき) (nagatsuki), 神(かん)無(な)月(づき) (kannazuki), 霜(しも)月(つき) (shimotsuki), 師(し)走(わす) (shiwasu) ^{(Category: ja:Japanese calendar months)}

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN