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満月 (まんげつ, mangetsu) Japanese meaning: full moon | Kotomora
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The full moon is beautiful tonight, isn't it?
I like taking a walk on the night of a full moon.
Usage patterns 満まん 月げつ の 夜よる a full-moon night
The sea is especially beautiful on a full-moon night.
満まん 月げつ が 出で る for the full moon to appear/come out
I heard the full moon will come out in the sky tonight.
満まん 月げつ になる for the moon to become full
It's three more days until the moon becomes full.
Related words 満月 is the everyday modern word for 'full moon', while 望月 is a more literary or classical term, often used in poetry or in the context of the lunar calendar.
満月 is the modern standard word for a full moon, while 望 (もち) is its archaic literary equivalent.
満月 is the everyday term for any full moon, while 名月 usually points specifically to the poetic harvest moon of mid-autumn.
Opposites 満月 is the fully illuminated full moon, while 新月 is the new moon when it is invisible from Earth.
満月 is the full moon, the opposite phase to the half-illuminated 半月.
三日月 is the thin crescent moon early in its cycle, while 満月 is the fully round full moon.
Etymology Compound of 満 (man, 'full') and 月 (getsu, 'moon'). The reading まんげつ is the standard on'yomi combination.
