月読つくよみ

noun

moon (poetic)

Poetic term for the moon, used in classical Japanese poetry and literature. Not used in everyday modern speech.

• 万まん葉よう集しゅうには「月読つくよみ」が月つきを指さす歌うたがある。

  In the Man'yōshū, there are poems where 'tsukuyomi' refers to the moon.

noun

Tsukuyomi; god of the moon

In Japanese mythology, the deity of the moon, born from Izanagi. Often referred to as Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto.

• 月読命つくよみのみことは日本にほん神しん話わに登とう場じょうする月つきの神かみである。

  Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto is the moon god appearing in Japanese mythology.