日じつ月げつ

also: にちげつ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Refers to the celestial bodies themselves, often in poetic or literary contexts.

日じつ月げつが空そらに輝かがやいている。
The sun and moon are shining in the sky.

2

time; days and months; years

Metaphorical extension: the passing of time, as marked by the sun and moon. Often used in set phrases like 日月が経つ.

日じつ月げつが経たつのは早はやいものだ。
How quickly the days and months pass.

3

Sunday and Monday

Only with reading にちげつ

Abbreviation used in schedules or contexts where days of the week are listed; reading is restricted to にちげつ.

日にち月げつは休やすみです。
We are closed on Sunday and Monday.

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Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
月month, moon

Related words

月つき日ひN2
日月 and 月日 both can mean 'the sun and moon', but 月日 is the more common word for this sense and also means the passage of time.

Word family

短たん日じつ月げつ
short period of time; brief span
長ちょう日じつ月げつ
long period of time; many years
閑かん日じつ月げつ
leisure; peaceful quiet; free time
日じつ月げつ星せい辰しん
the sun, moon, and stars; heavenly bodies

Written forms

日月Usage100%
- じつげつ
  Standard kanji form; reading じつげつ is the most common and unmarked.
- にちげつ
  Alternate reading; used especially for sense 3 (Sunday and Monday) and sometimes for the passage of time.
にちげつ

Etymology

Compound of 日 (sun, day) and 月 (moon, month). The reading じつげつ uses the on'yomi, while にちげつ mixes on'yomi and kun'yomi. The time-related sense is a natural extension of the celestial bodies marking the passage of time.