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更待月 (ふけまちづき, fukemachizuki) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Fukemachizuki is a term for the moon on the night of the 20th day of the lunar month.
In waka poetry, the fukemachizuki is sometimes composed about as an autumn feature.
Kanji 更 grow late, night watch, sit up late Related words 十六夜いざよい Refers to the moon on the 16th night of the lunar month, while 更待月 is specifically the 20th night.
立たち 待まち 月づき The moon on the 17th night; 更待月 appears later in the lunar cycle.
居い 待まち 月づき The moon on the 18th night; 更待月 is two nights later.
寝ね 待まち 月づき The moon on the 19th night; 更待月 follows it.
Written forms 更ふけ 待まち 月づき
Standard kanji form for this traditional lunar calendar term.
更ふ け 待ま ち 月づき
Expanded spelling with okurigana, making the reading clearer.
Etymology From 更け (fuke, 'growing late', stem of 更ける) + 待ち (machi, 'waiting', stem of 待つ) + 月 (tsuki, 'moon'), referring to the moon that one waits for late into the night on the 20th of the lunar month.
