睦月

Japanese

Kanji in this term
睦	月
むつ > む Grade: S	つき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

⟨mutu tuki₂⟩ → */mut̚tuki/ → ⟨mutuki₂⟩ → /mutukʷɨ/ → /mut͡suki/

From Old Japanese.

Appears to be derived from root 睦 (mutsu-, “affectionate, harmonious”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むつき [múꜜtsùkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲi]

Noun

睦(む)月(つき) • (mutsuki)

(archaic) the first month of the lunar calendar
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 815:
  , text here
  武都紀(むつき)多知(たち)波流能吉多良婆(はるのきたらば)可久斯許曽(かくしこそ)烏梅乎乎岐都々(うめををきつつ)多努之岐乎倍米(たのしきをへめ)　[大(だい)貳(にの)紀(き)卿(きやう)] [Man'yōgana]
  むつき立(た)ち春(はる)の来(きた)らばかくしこそ梅(うめ)を招(を)きつつ楽(たの)しき終(を)へめ　[大(だい)弐(にの)紀(き)卿(きやう)] [Modern spelling]
  mutsuki tachi haru no kitaraba kakushi koso ume o okitsutsu tanoshiki oeme (Daini no Ki-kyō)
  (please add an English translation of this example)
(poetic) the month of harmony; January

Synonyms

睦び月 (mutsubizuki), 睦びの月 (mutsubinotsuki)

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

See also

See also

霞(かすみ)初(そめ)月(づき) (kasumisome-zuki), 霞(かすみ)初(そ)め月(づき) (kasumisome-zuki)
暮(くれ)新(し)月(づき), 暮(く)れ新(し)月(づき) (kureshizuki)
早(さ)緑(みどり)月(づき) (samidori-zuki)
年(とし)端(は)月(づき) (toshihazuki)
子(ね)の日(ひ)月(づき) (Nenohi-zuki)
初(はつ)月(づき) (hatsuzuki), 初(はつ)月(つき) (hatsutsuki)
初(はつ)空(そら)月(づき) (hatsusora-zuki)
初春(はつはる)月(づき) (hatsuharu-zuki)
初(はつ)見(み)月(づき) (hatsumizuki)
正(しょう)月(がつ) (shōgatsu)
解(かい)凍(とう) (kaitō)
寅(いん)月(げつ) (ingetsu)
初(しょ)春(しゅん) (shoshun)
端(たん)月(げつ) (tangetsu)
孟(もう)春(しゅん) (mōshun)
孟(もう)陬(すう) (mōsū)
陽(よう)春(しゅん) (yōshun)

References

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
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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