神無月

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Etymology[edit]

(かみ, kami), "god" + (な, na), meaningless 当て字 (ateji) + (つき, tsuki), "month"

In the folk etymology, Japanese gods were said to assemble at the Grand shrine of Izumo (出雲大社, Izumo Taisha) in the tenth month of the lunar calendar, leaving no gods in the rest of Japan.

Noun[edit]

神無月 (hiragana かんなづき, かみなづき, かむなづき, romaji kan'nazuki, kaminazuki, kamunazuki)

  1. (archaic) the tenth month of the lunar calendar
  2. (poetic) October

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