Word Meaning 九月

くがつ kugatsu

九月 is read as くがつ (kugatsu) and means September.

Meaning

English

September
ninth month of the lunar calendar

Reading

Kana

くがつ

Romaji

kugatsu

Writing Variants

9月くがつ kugatsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 7534 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

黒い九月

くろいくがつ

Black September (Palestinian extremist group responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics)

九

きゅう

nine

九十

きゅうじゅう

ninety

九日

ここのか

9th day of the month

九つ

ここのつ

nine

九九

くく

multiplication table

毎月

まいげつ

every month

年月

としつき

months and years

半月

はんつき

half a month

七月

しちがつ

July

名月

めいげつ

harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)

今月

こんげつ

this month

Example Sentences

九月はまだ暑いです。

くがつはまだあついです。

September is still hot.

九月の朝だった。

It was a September morning.

今日から九月まで授業がないのがうれしいです。

I'm happy because starting today, we don't have any school until September.

九月で彼女と知り合ってまる一年経つことになる。

By September I will have known her for a whole year.

一年の十二ヶ月とは、一月、二月、三月、四月、五月、六月、七月、八月、九月、十月、十一月、十二月です。

The twelve months of the year are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December.

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