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”).[1][2][3]

First attested in the latter 1400s.[1]

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”)
~ −3 −2 −1 0 +1 +2 Continual
Day 日 一昨昨日 一昨日 昨日 今日 明日 明後日 毎日
Morning 朝 — 一昨朝 昨朝 今朝 明朝 — 毎朝
Night 晩 — 一昨晩 昨晩 今晩 明晩 — 毎晩
Week 週 — 先々週 先週 今週 来週 再来週 毎週
Month 月 — 先々月 先月 今月 来月 再来月 毎月
Year 年 一昨昨年 一昨年 去年 今年 来年 再来年 毎年

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”).[1][2][3]

First attested in roughly 1215.[1]

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 (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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