月げっ旦たん

noun, adverb

first day of the month

Literary or formal term for the first day of a month; in modern Japanese 一日 (ついたち) is far more common.

• 月げっ旦たんには神じん社じゃへ参さん拝ぱいする習しゅう慣かんがある。

  There is a custom of visiting a shrine on the first day of the month.

noun

character sketch; commentary on personalities

Abbreviation of 月旦評 (げったんひょう); a classical Chinese-derived term for evaluating people's character. Rare in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

See also: 月旦評

• 彼かれは人じん物ぶつ月げっ旦たんを得とく意いとしていた。

  He was good at character sketches.