水み無な月づき

adverb, noun

sixth month of the lunar calendar

Obsolete term for the sixth month of the old lunar calendar, roughly corresponding to July in the modern calendar.

• 旧きゅう暦れきの水み無な月づきは今いまの七しち月がつにあたる。

  The old lunar calendar's Minazuki corresponds to July in the modern calendar.

adverb, noun

June

Poetic or traditional name for June in the modern Gregorian calendar. Often used in literary contexts, haiku, or seasonal greetings.

• 水み無な月づきの候こう、皆みな様さまにはますますご清せい栄えいのこととお喜よろこび申もうし上あげます。

  In this month of June, I hope you are all doing well.

• 水み無な月づきに入いり、梅雨つゆの季き節せつとなりました。

  June has arrived, bringing the rainy season.

noun

Minazuki sweet; triangular rice jelly with adzuki beans

A traditional sweet made of triangular rice jelly topped with adzuki beans, eaten in June to ward off evil and pray for health.

• 夏越なごしの祓はらえには水み無な月づきを食たべる習しゅう慣かんがあります。

  There is a custom of eating Minazuki sweets during the Nagoshi no Harae purification ritual.

• 和わ菓が子し屋やで水み無な月づきを買かって帰かえった。

  I bought some Minazuki sweets at the Japanese confectionery shop and went home.