睦月

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
睦 月
むつ > む
Grade: S 		つき
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨mutu tuki2⟩ → */mut̚tuki/ → ⟨mutuki2⟩ → /mutukʷɨ/ → /mut͡suki/

From Old Japanese.

Appears to be derived from root 睦 (mutsu-, “affectionate, harmonious”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

Pronunciation

Noun

睦(む)月(つき) • (mutsuki) 

  1. (archaic) the first month of the lunar calendar
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 815:
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      武都紀(むつき)多知(たち)波流能吉多良婆(はるのきたらば)可久斯許曽(かくしこそ)烏梅乎乎岐都々(うめををきつつ)多努之岐乎倍米(たのしきをへめ)　 [Man'yōgana]
      むつき立(た)ち春(はる)の来(きた)らばかくしこそ梅(うめ)を招(を)きつつ楽(たの)しき終(を)へめ　 [Modern spelling]
      mutsuki tachi haru no kitaraba kakushi koso ume o okitsutsu tanoshiki oeme (Daini no Ki-kyō)
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. (poetic) the month of harmony; January

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References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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