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後の月 (のちのつき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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れき
九く
月がつ
十じゅう
三さん
夜や
の
月つき
を
指さ
す
古ふる
い
言こと
葉ば
だ
。
後の月 is an old word referring to the moon on the 13th night of the 9th month in the lunar calendar.
Related words 十じゅう 三さん 夜や 十三夜 is the modern common term for the 13th-night moon viewing, while 後の月 is its archaic name.
閏うるう 月づき 閏月 is the standard modern word for leap month, replacing the rare historical use of 後の月.
Etymology For the lunar observance, 後の月 is the moon viewed on the thirteenth night of the ninth lunar month, following the better-known fifteenth-night moon. It can also denote a leap month inserted after the regular month of the same number.
