神無月

神 (かみ, kami), "god" + 無 (な, na), meaningless 当て字 (ateji) + 月 (つき, tsuki), "month" (The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁). )

In the folk etymology, Japanese gods were said to assemble at the Grand shrine of Izumo (出雲大社, Izumo Taisha) in the tenth month of the lunar calendar, leaving no gods in the rest of Japan.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かんな​づき [kàńnáꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠nːa̠zɨᵝkʲi]

神無月 (hiragana かんなづき, rōmaji kannazuki)
神無月 (hiragana かみなづき, rōmaji kaminazuki)
神無月 (hiragana かむなづき, rōmaji kamunazuki)

1. (archaic) the tenth month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) October

• (only in Izumo Province) 神有月, 神在月

• (Japanese calendar months) 睦月 (むつき) (mutsuki), 如月 (きさらぎ) (kisaragi), 弥生 (やよい) (yayoi), 卯 (う)月 (づき) (uzuki), 皐 (さ)月 (つき) (satsuki), 水 (み)無 (な)月 (づき) (minazuki), 文 (ふみ)月 (づき) (fumizuki), 葉 (は)月 (づき) (hazuki), 長 (なが)月 (つき) (nagatsuki), 神 (かん)無 (な)月 (づき) (kannazuki), 霜 (しも)月 (つき) (shimotsuki), 師走 (しわす) (shiwasu) ^{(Category: ja:Japanese months)}