極ごく月げつ

noun

December; last month of the year

A poetic or literary name for the twelfth month of the lunar or modern calendar. In modern contexts, it is a formal or elegant alternative to 十二月.

• 極ごく月げつに入いり、年としの瀬せの慌あわただしさが増ましてきた。

  With the arrival of December, the year-end bustle has intensified.

• 俳はい句くでは十じゅう二に月がつを「極ごく月げつ」と詠よむこともある。

  In haiku, December is sometimes referred to as 'gokugetsu'.