Word Meaning 月間

げっかん gekkan

月間 is read as げっかん (gekkan) and means month-long period.

Meaning

English

  1. month-long period
  2. (during) month

Reading

Kana

げっかん

Romaji

gekkan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 13343 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

環境月間

かんきょうげっかん

Environment Month (June)

月日

つきひ

the Moon and the Sun

月見

つきみ

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

月食

げっしょく

lunar eclipse

月日

がっぴ

month and day (of the year)

つき

Moon

月々

つきづき

every month

あいだ

among (a group)

人間

にんげん

character (of a person)

年間

ねんかん

(period of) a year

時間

じかん

hour

中間

ちゅうかん

interim

Example Sentences

10

It hasn't rained for two months.

I've been working there for three months.

I spent three months in Australia.

He has been on sick leave for a month now.

I have been as busy as a bee for the past two months.

Tom has been living out of a suitcase for the past two months.

When Tom broke his leg, he had to use crutches for three months.

Not a drop of rain fell for a month, so they had to dig a well.

After studying Swedish for several months, I still can't speak it very well.

If there's a world-wide all-out nuclear war it's said that there will be a "nuclear winter" all over the planet for several months.