Word Meaning 月夜見の尊

つくよみのみこと tsukuyomi no mikoto

月夜見の尊 is read as つくよみのみこと (tsukuyomi no mikoto) and means Tsukuyomi no Mikoto (god of the Moon and brother of Amaterasu).

Meaning

English

Tsukuyomi no Mikoto (god of the Moon and brother of Amaterasu)

Reading

Kana

つくよみのみこと

Romaji

tsukuyomi no mikoto

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 73283 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

月見団子

つきみだんご

dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

月見

つきみ

moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)

月夜

つきよ

moonlit night

月見草

つきみそう

evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)

月は無慈悲な夜の女王

つきはむじひなよるのじょおう

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)

片月見

かたつきみ

moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

星月夜

ほしづきよ

starry night

夜見世

よみせ

night stall

梅見月

うめみづき

second lunar month

七夜月

ななよづき

seventh lunar month

通夜見舞い

つやみまい

sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake

夕月夜

ゆうづきよ

evening moon