十二月

十二月

1. December
2. twelfth month of the Chinese calendar

• (lunar month):
  • (common) 臘月／腊月 (Làyuè)
  • (archaic) 冰月 (Bīngyuè), 嚴月／严月, 除月, 殘霜天／残霜天, 星回, 嘉平, 季冬 (Jìdōng), 嘉平, 窮節／穷节

From 十二(じゅうに) (jūni, “twelve”) + 月(がつ) (-gatsu, counter for the month of the year).

• (Tokyo) じゅうにがつ (Odaka – )^[1][2] used as a noun
• (Tokyo) じゅうにがつ (Heiban – )^[1][2] used as an adverb
• IPA^(key):

十(じゅう)二(に)月(がつ) • (jūnigatsu) ^{←じふにぐわつ (zifunigwatu)?}

1. December

   Synonyms: 極月 (gokugetsu), 師走 (shiwasu)

• 十二(じゅうに)月(がつ)党(とう) (Jūnigatsu-tō)

• (Gregorian calendar months) 一(いち)月(がつ) (ichigatsu), 二(に)月(がつ) (nigatsu), 三(さん)月(がつ) (sangatsu), 四(し)月(がつ) (shigatsu), 五(ご)月(がつ) (gogatsu), 六(ろく)月(がつ) (rokugatsu), 七(しち)月(がつ) (shichigatsu), 八(はち)月(がつ) (hachigatsu), 九(く)月(がつ) (kugatsu), 十(じゅう)月(がつ) (jūgatsu), 十(じゅう)一(いち)月(がつ) (jūichigatsu), 十(じゅう)二(に)月(がつ) (jūnigatsu) ^{(Category: ja:Gregorian calendar months)}

From Old Japanese of unknown derivation.

• (Tokyo) しわす (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

十二月(しわす) • (shiwasu) ^{←しはす (sifasu)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 師走 (shiwasu): the twelfth month of the lunar calendar; the month of preparation for the new year
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 8, poem 1648:
     , text here

     十二月(しはす)尓者(には)沫雪零(あわゆきふる)跡(と)不知(しらね)可毛(かも)梅(うめの)花開(はなさく)含(ふふ)不有(めらずし)而(て) [Man'yōgana]

     十二月(しはす)には淡雪(あわゆき)降(ふ)ると知(し)らねかも梅(うめ)の花(はな)咲(さ)くふふめらずして [Modern spelling]

     shiwasu ni wa awayuki furu to shirane ka mo ume no hana saku fufumerazu shite

     (please add an English translation of this example)

• 十(じゅう)二(に)ヶ月(げつ) (jūnigagetsu)
• 十(じゅう)二(に)月(げつ)建(けん) (jūnigetsuken)

十二月 • (sibiwol) (hangeul 십이월)

1. hanja form^? of 십이월 (“December”)