中ちゅう秋しゅう

noun

15th day of the 8th lunar month; mid-autumn festival

Refers to the traditional mid-autumn day, often associated with moon-viewing (月見). Usually written 中秋.

• 中ちゅう秋しゅうの名めい月げつを眺ながめるのが楽たのしみです。

  I'm looking forward to viewing the harvest moon on the 15th night of the 8th lunar month.

• 今年ことしの中ちゅう秋しゅうは九く月がつの終おわりごろです。

  This year's mid-autumn day falls around the end of September.

noun

eighth month of the lunar calendar

Only with reading なかあき

Obsolete term for the eighth lunar month. Only used in historical or classical contexts. Read なかあき.

See also: 葉月

• 古ふるい暦こよみでは、仲なか秋あきは葉は月づきとも呼よばれた。

  In the old calendar, the eighth month (nakāki) was also called Hazuki.