三み十そ日か

also: つごもり · みそ · かいじつ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun

A noun for the final day of any month. In ordinary modern speech 月末 is more common for 'the end of the month'; 晦日 and especially つごもり have a more traditional or literary feel. 十二月の晦日 is 大晦日, New Year's Eve.

Written forms

三み十そ日か
High-priority spelling and reading for this word. Be aware that 三十日 can also be read differently in ordinary date-counting contexts; this word is specifically みそか, meaning the last day of a month.
晦日Usage64%
- みそか
  Conventional spelling for the last day of a month; familiar from 大晦日, the last day of the year. Standalone 晦日 is more traditional or formal than everyday 月末.
- つごもり
  Attested older or literary reading for 晦日.
- かいじつ
  Rare Sino-Japanese-style reading of 晦日; not the normal everyday reading.
晦Usage24%
- つごもり
  Older short kanji spelling with the reading つごもり; mainly useful for literary or historical texts.
- みそ
  Rare attested reading of 晦; included mainly to help recognize or search unusual spellings.
- みそか
みそかUsage11%
つごもりUsage2%
みそ
かいじつ

Kanji

三three
十ten
日day, sun, Japan
晦dark, disappear

Similar words

月げつ末まつ
The common everyday word for the end of the month; 三十日／晦日 specifically means the final day itself and can sound more traditional.
末まつ日じつ
A more formal word for the last day of a month, period, or deadline; often used in business or official contexts.
大おお晦日みそか
Specifically the last day of the year, December 31; it contains 晦日 but is a separate fixed word.

Etymology

みそか is associated with 三十日, literally 'thirtieth day'; historically the last day of a month was tied to a roughly thirty-day month. 晦日 and 晦 are conventional kanji spellings connected with the month's end. The exact historical development is summarized cautiously here rather than treated as a fully verified etymology.

Meanings

noun

last day of the month; month-end day