立たち待まち月づき

noun

moon on the 17th night of the lunar month

Traditional Japanese term for the moon on the 17th day of the lunar calendar, following the full moon. Often used in classical poetry and seasonal references. Compare with 居待月 (moon of the 18th night).

See also: 居待月

• 立たち待まち月づきは、十六夜いざよいの翌よく日じつにあたる月つきの呼よび名なです。

  Tachimachizuki is the name for the moon on the night after the sixteenth-night moon.

• 和わ歌かでは、立たち待まち月づきが秋あきの風ふ情ぜいとして詠よまれることがあります。

  In waka poetry, the moon of the 17th night is sometimes composed as an autumn scene.