神無月
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 神 | 無 | 月 |
| かん Grade: 3 |
な Grade: 4 |
つき > づき Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 神無月 (kyūjitai) |
Shift from kaminazuki or kamunazuki below.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 神 | 無 | 月 |
| かみ Grade: 3 |
な Grade: 4 |
つき > づき Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 神無月 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 神 (kami, “Shinto god, deity”) + な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle, apophonic form of の (no)) + 月 (tsuki, “month”). The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The use of the kanji 無 (“not, none”) for the na portion is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字). In one folk etymology, kami were said to assemble at Izumo Grand Shrine in this month, leaving no gods in the rest of Japan.[2][3][4][5][6]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
神無月 • (kaminazuki)
Etymology 3[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 神 | 無 | 月 |
| かむ Grade: 3 |
な Grade: 4 |
つき > づき Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 神無月 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 神 (kamu, combining form of kami, “Shinto god, deity”) + な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle, apophonic form of の (no)) + 月 (tsuki, “month”). The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun[edit]
神無月 • (kamunazuki)
See also[edit]
- 神有月, 神在月 (kamiarizuki)
- 神去り月 (kamisarizuki)
- 神無し月 (kaminashizuki)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ “神無月”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “神無月”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Old Japanese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 神 (kami2/kamu-, “Shinto god, deity”) + な (na, apophonic form of possessive particle の (no2)) + 月 (tuki2, “month”). The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
In one folk etymology, kami were said to assemble at Izumo Grand Shrine in this month, leaving no gods in the rest of Japan.
Noun[edit]
神無月 (kami2naduki2, kamunaduki2) (kana かみなづき, かむなづき)
- the tenth month of the lunar calendar
- 720, Nihon Shoki, (Emperor Yūryaku, entry 2: third year of the tenth month of Emperor Ankō):
- ...孟冬作陰之月...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
- Japanese: 神無月 (かんなづき, kannazuki)
- Japanese terms spelled with 神 read as かん
- Japanese terms spelled with 無 read as な
- Japanese terms spelled with 月 read as つき
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- Japanese terms with archaic senses
- Japanese poetic terms
- Japanese terms spelled with 神 read as かみ
- Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms spelled with ateji
- Japanese terms spelled with 神 read as かむ
- Old Japanese compound terms
- Old Japanese lemmas
- Old Japanese nouns
- Old Japanese terms with quotations
- ojp:Japanese calendar months