月つき

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 100

Meanings

Moon; the Moon

Refers to Earth's natural satellite. Often used in astronomical or poetic contexts.

Used to count months or refer to a calendar month. Often appears with numbers or in time expressions.

Refers to the light of the moon. Often used in literary or descriptive contexts.

moon; natural satellite

General term for any natural satellite of a planet. Compare with 衛星 (artificial satellite).

月つきが出でるthe moon comes out / rises
山やまの向むこうから月つきが出でた。
The moon came out from behind the mountains.
月つきに〈数かず〉回かい... times a month
月つきに二に回かい、実じっ家かに帰かえる。
I go back to my parents' house twice a month.
月つきが明あかるいthe moon is bright / it's a bright moonlit night
今こん夜やは月つきが明あかるくて星ほしがよく見みえない。
The moon is so bright tonight that you can't see the stars well.
月つきが満みちるthe moon becomes full / waxes
今こん夜やは月つきが満みちている。
The moon is full tonight.
〈数かず〉ヶ月かかるかげつかかるto take ... months
この工こう事じは三さんヶか月げつかかる予よ定ていだ。
This construction is expected to take three months.

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衛えい星せいN2sense 4
月 in this sense refers to any natural satellite, while 衛星 usually implies an artificial satellite unless qualified as 天然衛星.
月げっ光こうN1sense 3
月光 is a more literary, formal word for moonlight, while 月 (in this sense) is the plain everyday term.
太たい陰いん sense 1
太陰 is a literary/classical term for the moon, while 月 is the everyday word.
ムーン
月 is the standard native Japanese word for the moon in everyday speech, while ムーン is a katakana loanword used mainly in brand names, titles, and stylistic contexts.
ヶか月げつN3
月 is the plain noun for 'month' or 'moon', while ヶ月 is the counter suffix attached to a number to count months.

太たい陽ようN4sense 1
月 (the moon, ruling the night) is conventionally paired as the opposite of 太陽 (the sun, ruling the day).

毎まい月つきN5
every month; monthly
年とし月つきN3
months and years; time; passage of time
月つき頃ごろ
these past months; for the last few months
望もち月づき
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the lunar month · full moon of the eighth lunar month
三み月つき
three months

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四よ月つき
four months
三み日か月づきN2
crescent moon; new moon
一ひと月つきN5
one month
月つき日ひN2
time; years and days; one's life · the Moon and the Sun
月つき々づき
every month; monthly; month by month
月つき見みN1
moon viewing
睦月むつき
first month of the lunar calendar · January (poetic name)
二ふた月つき
two months
月つき夜よN1
moonlit night
月つき並なみN1
every month; monthly · trite; commonplace; hackneyed
月つき明あかり
moonlight
月つき極ぎめ
monthly contract; monthly rate
月つき別べつ
by month; monthly breakdown
菊きく月づき
ninth month of the lunar calendar
月つき形がた
crescent shape
朧おぼろ月づき
hazy moon; misty moon
月つき遅おくれ
a month or older; one month behind · back number of a monthly magazine
皐月さつき
fifth month of the lunar calendar · satsuki azalea
葉は月づき
eighth month of the lunar calendar
卯う月づき
fourth month of the lunar calendar
水み無な月づき
sixth month of the lunar calendar · June · Minazuki sweet; triangular rice jelly with adzuki beans
霜しも月つき
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
文ふみ月づき
seventh month of the lunar calendar
神かん無な月づき
tenth month of the lunar calendar; October (archaic)
長なが月つき
ninth month of the lunar calendar · September

Native Japanese word. The kanji 月 is used for both 'moon' and 'month' due to the lunar calendar's historical influence.