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    3. 名月

    名月

    名めい月げつ

    harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)

    KMT10News #42+2CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab10 strokes

    明月

    めいげつ

    Noun

    1.
    harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
    2.
    bright moon, full moon

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    今こん夜やは名めい月げつが美うつくしい。

    The bright moon is beautiful tonight.

    KMT5Nature & Environment
    縁えん側がわから名めい月げつを眺ながめながら、お茶ちゃを飲のんだ。

    I drank tea while gazing at the bright moon from the veranda.

    KMT10Daily LifeCulture & Traditions
    俳はい句くでは、名めい月げつは秋あきの季き語ごとして多おおくの歌うたに詠よまれてきた。

    In haiku, the bright moon has been composed in many poems as a seasonal word for autumn.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    中ちゅう秋しゅうの名めい月げつは、日に本ほんではお月つき見みとして親したしまれている。

    The harvest moon in mid-autumn is celebrated as Otsukimi (moon-viewing) in Japan.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    澄すみ切きった夜よ空ぞらに浮うかぶ名めい月げつは、人ひと々びとの心こころを静しずかに癒いやす。

    The bright moon floating in the clear night sky quietly heals people's hearts.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    名
    な・-な…(3)
    name・noted・distinguished・reputation
    月
    つき…(7)
    month・moon
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