葉月

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
葉 月
は
Grade: 3 		つき > づき
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

葉 (は, ha), "leaf" + 月 (つき, tsuki), "month"

Pronunciation

Noun

葉(は)月(づき) • (hazuki) 

  1. (archaic) the eighth month of the lunar calendar
  2. (poetic) the leaf month; August

Coordinate terms: 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走

Proper noun

葉(は)月(づき) • (Hazuki) 

  1. a female given name

葉月(はつき) • (Hatsuki) 

  1. (rare) a female given name

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
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