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暦 (こよみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

暦こよみ

こ

よ

み

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

calendar; almanac

General term for a calendar or almanac. The reading れき is used as a suffix in compounds such as 西暦 (seireki, 'Common Era') or 旧暦 (kyūreki, 'old lunar calendar').

See also: カレンダー

新あたら

しい

年とし

の

暦こよみ

を

壁かべ

に

掛か

け

た

。

I hung the new year's calendar on the wall.

暦こよみでは、今日きょうは七夕たなばたです。

According to the calendar, today is Tanabata.

Usage patterns

暦こよみの上うえで〈事こと〉according to the calendar (even if reality feels different)
暦こよみの上うえではもう春はるだが、まだ寒さむい日ひが続つづく。
According to the calendar it's already spring, but cold days continue.
暦こよみを見みるto check the calendar (for the date, a festival day, etc.)
祖そ母ぼは毎まい朝あさ暦こよみを見みて、その日ひの運うん勢せいを確かく認にんする。
My grandmother checks the calendar every morning to see the day's fortune.

Expressions

暦こよみの中ちゅう段だんtwelve indicators of lucky/unlucky activities in the old calendar

Kanji

暦calendar, almanac

Related words

カレンダーN5
カレンダー is the common, everyday word for a wall or desk calendar, while 暦 sounds more formal or traditional and can also mean an almanac or the calendar system itself.

Don't confuse with

歴れき
暦 (as れき in compounds like 西暦) refers to a calendar system, while 歴 (also れき, as in 経歴) means a personal history or record — the same sound but unrelated meanings.

Word family· 12

日ひ暦ごよみ
daily tear-off calendar; daily pad calendar · solar calendar
柱はしら暦ごよみ
pillar calendar; wall calendar
梅うめ暦ごよみ
plum blossoms as a harbinger of spring
盲めくら暦

Written forms

暦Usage95%
- こよみ
  Standard kanji spelling for the noun 'calendar' or 'almanac'.
- れき
こよみUsage

Etymology

The kanji 暦 combines 日 (sun/day) and 歴 (passage of time), representing the recording of days. The reading こよみ is a native Japanese word, while れき is the Sino-Japanese reading used in compounds.

ごよみ

picture calendar for illiterates

絵え暦ごよみ

traditional Japanese picture calendar; pictorial calendar for the illiterate

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花はな暦ごよみ
flower calendar; floral calendar
万まん年ねん暦ごよみ
perpetual calendar for auspicious/inauspicious days
剥はがし暦ごよみ
tear-off calendar; daily tear-off calendar
南なん部ぶ暦ごよみ
picture calendar
暦こよみ改かい正せい
calendar reform

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5%

Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.

れき