有明月

Japanese
Kanji in this term
有 明 月
あ(り)
Grade: 3		 あ(け)
Grade: 2		 つき > づき
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 有明 (ariake, “dawn, especially at the sixteenth night onwards”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “moon”).

The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

有(あり)明(あけ)月(づき) • (ariake-zuki) 

  1. Synonym of 有明の月 (ariake no tsuki): the daybreak moon
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