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名月めいげつ (meigetsu)

full moon; harvest moon

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Meaning

名月 (めいげつ, meigetsu) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “full moon; harvest moon”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 10

今日きょうは中秋ちゅうしゅうの名月めいげつです

Tonight is the mid-fall harvest moon.

法名:月輪寺殿崇鑑。

His homyo (a Buddhist name given to a person who has died or has entered the priesthood) was Getsurinjidensokan.

名月が中天にかかっていた.

The bright moon was high in the middle of the sky.

このことから芋名月とも言う。

For this reason, it is also called Imo Meigetsu.

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