梅うめ見み月づき

noun

second lunar month

Archaic poetic name for the second month of the old lunar calendar, associated with plum blossom viewing. Modern Japanese uses 二月 or 如月.

See also: 如月

• 旧きゅう暦れきでは二に月がつを梅うめ見み月づきと呼よぶことがある。

  In the old calendar, the second month is sometimes called ume-mizuki.