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月末 (getsumatsu) Japanese meaning: end of the month | Kotomora
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Please submit the report by the end of the month.
The end of the month is always busy.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 月げつ 末まつ までに 終お わらせる to finish something by the end of the month
I have to finish the report by the end of the month.
月げつ 末まつ に 〈 物もの 〉 を 支し 払はら う to pay something at the end of the month
I pay the rent at the end of the month.
月げつ 末まつ 締じ め month-end closing (of accounts, billing, etc.)
This invoice is set to close at the end of the month.
Related words 月末 is the everyday word for 'the end of the month' as a general period, while 三十日 specifically names the final calendar day itself and sounds more traditional.
月末 refers broadly to the end-of-month period, while 末日 is strictly the single final calendar day of the month.
月末 points to the actual last days of the month, whereas 月内 covers the whole remaining period up to that point.
Opposites 月末 refers to the end of the month, while 月初 refers to its beginning.
月末 refers to the end of the month, the direct opposite of 月初め, which refers to the beginning.
Word family end of this month
end of next month
Etymology Compound of 月 (getsu, 'month') and 末 (matsu, 'end'). The reading つきずえ is a less common native Japanese reading of the same characters.
