睦月

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

From Old Japanese.

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(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) [(だい)(にの)()(きやう)] [Man'yōgana]
      むつき()(はる)(きた)らばかくしこそ(うめ)()きつつ(たの)しき()へめ [(だい)(にの)()(きやう)] [Modern spelling]
      mutsuki tachi haru no kitaraba kakushi koso ume o okitsutsu tanoshiki oeme (Daini no Ki-kyō)
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  2. (poetic) the month of harmony; January

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References

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  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