月つき見み

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

moon viewing

Refers to the traditional Japanese custom of appreciating the full moon, especially the harvest moon in mid-autumn (around September). Often associated with offerings of rice dumplings (月見団子) and pampas grass (ススキ).

今こん夜やは中ちゅう秋しゅうの名めい月げつだから、月つき見みをしよう。
Tonight is the harvest moon, so let's do moon viewing.

縁えん側がわで月つき見み団だん子ごを食たべながら月つき見みを楽たのしんだ。

We enjoyed moon viewing while eating moon-viewing dumplings on the veranda.

Usage patterns

月つき見みをするto do moon viewing
縁えん側がわで月つき見みをした。
We did some moon viewing on the veranda.
〈場ば所しょ〉で月つき見みをするto view the moon at a place
公こう園えんで月つき見みをする人ひとが増ふえた。
More people have started doing moon viewing in the park.
月つき見みに行いくto go moon viewing
友とも達だちと一いっ緒しょに月つき見みに行いった。
I went moon viewing together with a friend.

Kanji

月month, moon
見see, hopes, chances

Don't confuse with

花はな見みN5
花見 is spring cherry-blossom viewing while 月見 is the autumn custom of viewing the full moon, and learners often mix up which season each refers to.

Counted with

回かいN4
This can be counted as an event/occasion, but there is no special conventional counter for the noun itself.

Word family

月つき見み草そう
fourwing evening primrose · fragrant evening primrose; large-flowered evening primrose
ツキミタケ
golden waxcap mushroom
月つき見み酒ざけ
sake for moon viewing
片かた月つき見

Written forms

月つき見みUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
つきみUsage5%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially in casual contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 月 (moon) and 見 (viewing). A straightforward native Japanese word.

み

moon-viewing on only one of the two traditional autumn nights

月つき見み団だん子ご

moon-viewing dumplings

月つき見み蕎麦そば

soba with egg