十と月つき十とお日か

noun

babies born on October 10; New Year's Day conception

Refers to the folk belief that babies born on October 10 were conceived on New Year's Day, based on the typical 10-month (lunar) gestation period. The date 10/10 is read as とつきとおか, literally 'ten months and ten days'.

• 十と月つき十とお日か生うまれの赤あかちゃんは、お正しょう月がつに授さずかったと言いわれることがある。

  Babies born on October 10 are sometimes said to have been conceived on New Year's Day.

noun

normal gestation period; nine months

Used to refer to the typical human gestation period of about nine months, expressed as 'ten months and ten days' in the traditional Japanese lunar calendar count.

• 十と月つき十とお日かは、人にん間げんの標ひょう準じゅん的てきな妊にん娠しん期き間かんを表あらわす言こと葉ばです。

  十月十日 is a term that expresses the standard human gestation period.