長月

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なが
Grade: 2
つき
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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(ながい) (nagai, long) + (つき) (tsuki, month)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(なが)(つき) (nagatsuki

  1. (archaic) the ninth month of the lunar calendar
  2. (poetic) the long month; September

Coordinate terms: 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走

References

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  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN