Word Meaning 月見草

つきみそう tsukimisou

月見草 is read as つきみそう (tsukimisou) and means evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

つきみそう

Romaji

tsukimisou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 76791 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

深見草

ふかみぐさ

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

庭見草

にわみぐさ

Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)

夢見草

ゆめみぐさ

cherry blossom

月見

つきみ

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

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)

小草生月

おぐさおいづき

second lunar month

草月流

そうげつりゅう

Sogetsu school of flower arrangement

天草海月

あまくさくらげ

Amakusa jellyfish (Sanderia malayensis)

梅見月

うめみづき

second lunar month

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

月末

げつまつ

end of the month

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月見草朧 Tsukimigusa Oboro