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月経 (げっけい, gekkei) Japanese meaning: menstruation | Kotomora

月げっ経けい

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Meanings

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menstruation; menstrual period

Standard medical and everyday term for menstruation.

月げっ経けいが始はじまったのは12歳さいのときです

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I started menstruating when I was 12.

月げっ経けい周しゅう期きは個こ人じん差さがあります。

Menstrual cycles vary from person to person.

Usage patterns

月げっ経けいが来くるto get one's period
今こん月げつはまだ月げっ経けいが来こない。
My period hasn't come yet this month.
月げっ経けいが止とまるfor one's period to stop
ストレスで月げっ経けいが止とまってしまった。
Her period stopped due to stress.
月げっ経けいがあるto have one's period
彼かの女じょは毎まい月つき規き則そく的てきに月げっ経けいがある。
She has her period regularly every month.

Kanji

月month, moon
経sutra, longitude, pass thru

Related words

生せい理りN1
生理 is the common, casual word for menstruation used in everyday conversation, while 月経 is the more formal, clinical term found in medical contexts.
メンス
メンス is a slangy, informal abbreviation for menstruation used mainly by younger speakers, whereas 月経 is the standard medical term.

Word family· 17

月げっ経けい前まえ
premenstrual
月げっ経けい帯たい
sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
月げっ経けい期き
menstrual period
月げっ経けい痛つう
menstrual pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea

Etymology

From 月 (month) + 経 (pass, elapse), referring to the monthly cycle.

無む月げっ経けい

amenorrhea

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月げっ経けい不ふ順じゅん
menstrual irregularity; irregular menstruation
月げっ経けい周しゅう期き
menstrual cycle
月げっ経けい過か多た
heavy menstrual bleeding; menorrhagia
過か多た月げっ経けい
hypermenorrhea; menorrhagia
月げっ経けいカップ
menstrual cup

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