月見

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Tsukimi

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Mid-Autumn Festival

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Kanji in this term
月	見
つき Grade: 1	み Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 月 (tsuki, “moon”) ‎ 見 (mi, “viewing, seeing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る miru “to see, to watch”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つきみ [tsùkímíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[2]
(Tokyo) つきみ [tsùkímí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥kʲimʲi]

Noun

月(つき)見(み) • (tsukimi)

moon viewing, generally of the full moon
a celebration of the harvest moon in autumn
a type of cuisine, with one egg in the center of the dish, either raw or sunny-side up, with the yolk representing the full moon

Synonyms

(viewing the moon): 観月(かんげつ) (kangetsu)

Derived terms

月見(つきみ)饂飩(うどん) (tsukimi udon): tsukimi-style udon noodles
月見(つきみ)藁麦(そば) (tsukimi soba): tsukimi-style soba noodles
月見(つきみ)団子(だんご) (tsukimi dango): tsukimi-style dango dumplings

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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