Word Meaning 梅見月

Listen to 梅月

梅月

ばいげつ

fifth lunar month

Listen to 梅見

梅見

うめみ

plum-blossom viewing

Listen to 月見

月見

つきみ

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

Listen to 月見団子

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)

Listen to 片月見

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

Listen to 月夜見の尊

月夜見の尊

つくよみのみこと

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

Listen to 月見草

月見草

つきみそう

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

Listen to 梅雨入り

梅雨入り

ついり

entering the rainy season

Listen to 梅

梅

うめ

lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

Listen to 梅雨

梅雨

つゆ

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)

Listen to 梅干し

梅干し

うめぼし

umeboshi

Listen to 梅雨明け

梅雨明け

つゆあけ

end of the rainy season