月
ゲツ • ガツ
つき
month; moon
Words
鏡花水月
きょうかすいげつ
- flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words n yoji
海底撈月
かいていろうげつ ハイテイラオユエ
- totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) n yoji
- haitei winning hand; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall n mahj
日月星辰
じつげつせいしん にちげつせいしん
- the Sun, the Moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies n
月夜見の尊
つくよみのみこと
- Moon God; Tsukuyomi no Mikoto; brother of Amaterasu n
前月
ぜんげつ
- last month; previous month n