望月

望月

1. full moon

• 滿月／满月 (mǎnyuè)

From Middle Chinese compound 望月 (mjang ngjwot, literally “to view from a distance + moon”), possibly from the way the moon is most easily observed when full.

• (Tokyo) ぼーげつ (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

望(ぼう)月(げつ) • (bōgetsu) ^{←ばうげつ (baugetu)?}

1. full moon
2. in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon

Compound of 望 (mochi) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “moon”).^[2][1] The mochi element is of uncertain derivation. It probably derives from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 持つ (motsu, “to have, to possess; to keep, to maintain”), but the semantic relationship remains unclear. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) もちづき (Nakadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

望(もち)月(づき) • (mochizuki) 

1. full moon
2. in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon
3. more specifically, the fifteenth night of the eighth lunar month, the full moon of mid-autumn

• (full moon): 満月(まんげつ) (mangetsu)

望(もち)月(づき) • (Mochizuki) 

1. a surname