雨月

雨月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨	月
う Grade: 1	げつ Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

Compound of Middle Chinese elements 雨 (u, “rain”) +‎ 月 (getsu, “moon, moonlight, month”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) う​げつ [úꜜgètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

雨(う)月(げつ) • (ugetsu) 

1. the moon unseen due to the rain

   Synonyms: 雨の月 (ame no tsuki), 雨名月 (ame meigetsu)

   Hypernym: 無月 (mugetsu)

2. the fifth month in the lunar calendar

   Synonym: 五月 (satsuki)

Derived terms

• 雨(う)月(げつ)物(もの)語(がたり) (Ugetsu Monogatari): yomihon by Ueda Akinari

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN