月（つき）?

[mikuji]

I believe the Japanese have many ways of naming the moon according to time of year, appearance etc.

Can anyone direct me to a site that explains the various terms and how they are used?

Thanks in advance

Mikuji

[JockZon]

Well two is monday and month which are getsuyoubi and gatsu or maybe you did mean like fullmoon or something?

[Bueller_007]

I believe the Japanese have many ways of naming the moon according to time of year, appearance etc.

Can anyone direct me to a site that explains the various terms and how they are used?

Thanks in advance

Mikuji

Are you referring to the names of the months? In Japanese, all months are named using the kanji for moon. So January (一月) is literally "first moon", February (二月) is "second moon", and so on.

Otherwise, the only really "famous" moon is the autumn moon (秋月, shuugetsu). During this time, you get the full moon of the 8th lunar month. This is called 名月 (meigetsu), or "famous moon". This is when the Japanese do moon-viewing (月見, tsukimi).

The name for a crecent moon is 三日月 (mikazuki), meaning "three-day moon".
Half-moon = 半月 (hantsuki)
Full moon = 満月 (mangetsu)

A quick edict search for "moon" should bring up any other less-common "moon" words.

[mikuji]

You are right, Bueller-007,

I meant the phases of the moon and other special words used for how the moon looks like, as I had heard there are plenty of such definitions in Japanese.

You gave me a good few to start from.

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