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一月 (ひとつき, hitotsuki) Japanese meaning: one month | Kotomora

一ひと月つき

also: いちげつ

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Common word›JLPTN5›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

one month

Refers to a duration of one month. The reading ひとつき is standard; いちげつ is rare and formal.

この仕し事ごとは一ひと月つきかかる。
This work takes one month.

一ひと月つきに一いち度ど、病びょう院いんに行いっている。

I go to the hospital once a month.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に一ひと月つきかかるto take one month (to do something)
引ひっ越こしの準じゅん備びに一ひと月つきかかった。
The moving preparations took one month.
一ひと月つきぶりに〈動どう詞し〉to do something for the first time in a month
一ひと月つきぶりに友とも達だちと会あった。
I saw my friend for the first time in a month.
一ひと月つきほどabout a month
一ひと月つきほど旅りょ行こうに行いく予よ定ていです。
I'm planning to travel for about a month.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
月month, moon

Related words

一いっヶか月げつ
一月（ひとつき）is the everyday way to say 'one month', while 一ヶ月（いっかげつ）is the more formal, precise counter-based expression for the same duration.

Don't confuse with

一いち月がつN5
Written the same, but 一月 read ひとつき means 'a period of one month' while 一月 read いちがつ means 'January'; only the reading tells them apart.

Word family

丸まる一ひと月つき
a whole month; an entire month

Built from

一ひと+月つき

Written forms

一月
- ひとつき
  Standard kanji spelling for 'one month'. Can also be read いちがつ (January), so context is important.
- いちげつ
  Rare on'yomi reading for 'one month'. Mostly found in formal or literary contexts.
ひと月つき
Kana-mixed spelling that clearly distinguishes 'one month' from 一月 (いちがつ, January).
いちげつ

Etymology

Compound of 一 (ひと, one) and 月 (つき, month). The reading いちげつ is the on'yomi version, less common in modern speech.