霜月

Chinese

frost moon; month
simp. and trad.
(霜月)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

霜月

  1. (historical) Frimaire

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しも
Grade: S
つき
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

(しも, shimo), "frost" + (つき, tsuki), "month"

Pronunciation

Noun

霜月 (hiragana しもつき, rōmaji shimotsuki)

  1. (archaic) the eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  2. (poetic) the month of frost; November
  3. (historical) Frimaire

Coordinate terms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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