Translation guide
The fourth month of the traditional Japanese lunar calendar, roughly corresponding to May in the modern Gregorian calendar. It is known as 卯月 (uzuki) and is associated with early summer, the blooming of deutzia flowers (卯の花, unohana), and the planting of rice seedlings.
卯月
fourth month of the lunar calendar
Traditional Japanese name; also written as 卯月. Literally means 'month of deutzia flowers'.
Referring to the fourth month in the traditional Japanese lunar calendar, which falls around May.
The traditional Japanese name for the fourth month of the lunar calendar. It is still used in poetic or literary contexts, and sometimes in modern calendars to evoke a sense of seasonality.
卯月は旧暦の四月です。
Uzuki is the fourth month of the lunar calendar.
A straightforward descriptive phrase meaning 'the fourth month of the old/lunar calendar'. Use this when you need to be explicit or when the traditional name 卯月 might not be understood.
旧暦の四月は今の五月にあたります。
The fourth month of the lunar calendar corresponds to May now.
A more technical term using 陰暦 (lunar calendar). Rarely used in everyday conversation; found in historical or astronomical contexts.
陰暦四月の行事について調べています。
I'm researching events in the fourth month of the lunar calendar.
The traditional Japanese month names like 卯月 (uzuki) are still used in poetry, literature, and some modern contexts such as calendar illustrations or haiku. However, in everyday conversation, Japanese people use the standard month names (一月, 二月, etc.) or the Gregorian calendar. If you want to refer to the lunar calendar month explicitly, it's safer to say 旧暦の四月 (kyūreki no shigatsu).