毎月

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Compound of 毎 (mai, “every, each”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month; moon”).

First attested in the latter 1400s.

Pronunciation

Noun

毎(まい)月(つき) • (maitsuki) 

  1. every month
    毎月(まいつき)の行事(ぎょうじ) ― maitsuki no gyōji ― monthly activities
Coordinate terms
時 (“Time”)
日 (“Day”) 週 (“Week”) 月 (“Month”) 年 (“Year”) 暁 (“Morning”) 朝 (“Morning”) 夕 (“Evening”) 晩 (“Evening”) 夜 (“Night”)
Every 毎日, 日日 毎週 毎月, 月月 毎年, 年年 毎朝 毎晩 毎夜
Every other 隔週 隔月 隔年
Whole 日間, 日中, 終日 週間 月間 年間, 年中, 終年 夜間, 夜中, 終夜
Half 半日 半月 半年
Absolute −3 一昨昨日, 一昨々日 一昨昨年, 再昨年
−2 一昨日 先々週 先々月 一昨年 一昨朝 一昨晩 一昨夜
−1 昨日 先週, 昨週 先月, 後月, 去月, 昨月 去年, 昨年, 旧年 昨暁 昨朝 昨夕 昨晩 昨夜
0 今日, 本日 今週 今月, 本月 今年, 本年 今暁 今朝 今夕 今晩, 今宵 今夜
+1 明日 来週, 次週 来月 来年, 明年 明朝 明晩 明夜
+2 明後日 再来週 再来月 再来年, 明後年
+3 明明後日, 弥の明後日
+4 弥の明後日, 明明後日, 明明明後日
Relative −2 前前日 前前週 前前月 前前年
−1 前日 前週 前月 前年 前夕 前夜
0 当日, 同日 当週 当月 当年, 同年 当夜
+1 翌日 翌週 翌月 翌年 翌朝 翌晩
+2 翌翌日 翌翌週 翌翌月 翌翌年
Usage note: 前 and 翌 may be repeated further or instead use the 々 iteration mark

Etymology 2

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

Compound of 毎 (mai, “every, each”) +‎ 月 (getsu, “month; moon”).

First attested in roughly 1215.

Pronunciation

Noun

毎(まい)月(げつ) • (maigetsu) 

  1. every month

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
毎 月
め
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

毎(め)月(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 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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