毎月

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
まい
Grade: 2
つき
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
每月 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (mai, every, each) +‎ (tsuki, month; moon).[1][2][3]

First attested in the latter 1400s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(まい)(つき) (maitsuki

  1. every month
    毎月(まいつき)行事(ぎょうじ)maitsuki no gyōjimonthly activities
Coordinate terms
(Time)
~ −3 −2 −1 0 +1 +2 Continual
Day 一昨昨日 一昨日 昨日 今日 明日 明後日 毎日
Morning 一昨朝 昨朝 今朝 明朝 毎朝
Night 一昨晩 昨晩 今晩 明晩 毎晩
Week 先々週 先週 今週 来週 再来週 毎週
Month 先々月 先月 今月 来月 再来月 毎月
Year 一昨昨年 一昨年 去年 今年 来年 再来年 毎年

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
まい
Grade: 2
げつ
Grade: 1
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
每月 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (mai, every, each) +‎ (getsu, month; moon).[1][2][3]

First attested in roughly 1215.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(まい)(げつ) (maigetsu

  1. every month

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
つき
Grade: 1
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
每月 (kyūjitai)

Dialectal shift from standard Japanese maitsuki, moving from diphthong /ai/ to monophthong /e/.

  • /mait͡suki//met͡suki/

Pronunciation

Noun

()(つき) (metsuki

  1. (dialect, Kagoshima) every month

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 毎月”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN