noun
Poetic term for the moon, used in classical Japanese poetry and literature. Not used in everyday modern speech.
万葉集には「月読」が月を指す歌がある。
In the Man'yōshū, there are poems where 'tsukuyomi' refers to the moon.
noun
Tsukuyomi; god of the moon
In Japanese mythology, the deity of the moon, born from Izanagi. Often referred to as Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto.
月読命は日本神話に登場する月の神である。
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto is the moon god appearing in Japanese mythology.
Alternate kanji form, also used for the deity.
Variant with okurigana, less common.
Contains outdated kanji 讀; historical or classical usage.
Rarely used kanji form.
The exact derivation is uncertain. Traditionally parsed as 月 (tsuku, old form of 'moon') + 読み (yomi, 'counting' or 'reading'), possibly referring to the moon's phases. The reading つきよみ is a variant.