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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
月夜
- moonlit night; moonlit evening
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Japanese
Etymology 1
From 月 (tsuki, “moon”) + 夜 (yo, “night”).
Alternatively, a shift from Old Japanese 月夜 (tukuyo1).
Pronunciation
Noun
月夜 • (tsukiyo)
- 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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Etymology 2
By surface analysis, 月 (tsuku, “moon”, the bound form of 月 (tsuki)) + 夜 (yo, “night”).
Pronunciation
Noun
月夜 • (tsukuyo)
- the moon
- a moonlit night
Etymology 3
From Middle Chinese 月夜 (MC ngjwot yaeH).
Pronunciation
Noun
月夜 • (getsuya)
- a moonlight night, moonlight evening
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Old Japanese
Etymology
From 月 (tuku, apophonic and compounding form of tuki2, “moon”) + 夜 (yo1, “night”).
Noun
月夜 (tukuyo1) (kana つくよ)
- a moonlight night, moonlight evening
- (by extension) the moon
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 曉月夜 (akato2ki1-dukuyo1) → 暁月夜 (akatsuki-zukuyo)
- 朝月夜 (asadukuyo1)
- 卯の花月夜 (uno2pana-dukuyo1)
- 木の下月夜 (konoshita-zukuyo)
- 星月夜 (hoshizukuyo)
- 夕月夜 (yupudukuyo1) → 夕月夜 (yūzukuyo)
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