Word Meaning 月見

つきみ tsukimi

月見 is read as つきみ (tsukimi) and means moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

つきみ

Romaji

tsukimi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Synonyms 観月 Rank 7337 Priority B

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)

月夜見の尊

つくよみのみこと

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

月見草

つきみそう

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

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

梅見月

うめみづき

second lunar month

月日

つきひ

the Moon and the Sun

月食

げっしょく

lunar eclipse

月間

げっかん

month-long period

月日

がっぴ

month and day (of the year)

つき

Moon

月々

つきづき

every month

外見

そとみ

outward appearance