Word Meaning 十五夜

Listen to 十二夜

十二夜

じゅうにや

Twelfth Night

Listen to 十日夜

十日夜

とおかや

Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)

Listen to 十三夜

十三夜

じゅうさんや

13th day (of the moon)

Listen to 十六夜

十六夜

いざよい

sixteen-day-old moon

Listen to 十夜

十夜

じゅうや

ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)

Listen to 二十三夜

二十三夜

にじゅうさんや

23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month)

Listen to 八十八夜

八十八夜

はちじゅうはちや

eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring

Listen to 五夜

五夜

ごや

division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods

Listen to 十五

十五

じゅうご

15

Listen to 十五年戦争

十五年戦争

じゅうごねんせんそう

Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)

Listen to 十五

十五

とご

black-market loan charging 50% interest every ten days

Listen to 五十音

五十音

ごじゅうおん

the Japanese syllabary