望月

Chinese
 
hope; expect; to visit
hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
 moon; month
trad. (望月) 望 月
simp. #(望月) 望 月

Pronunciation

Noun

望月

  1. full moon

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
望 月
ぼう
Grade: 4		 げつ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 望月 (mjang ngjwot, literally “to view from a distance + moon”), possibly from the way the moon is most easily observed when full.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぼ​ーげつ [bóꜜògètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞ːɡe̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝ]

Noun

望(ぼう)月(げつ) • (bōgetsu) ←ばうげつ (baugetu)?

  1. full moon
  2. in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
望 月
もち
Grade: 4		 つき > づき
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 望 (mochi) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “moon”).[2][1] The mochi element is of uncertain derivation. It probably derives from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 持つ (motsu, “to have, to possess; to keep, to maintain”), but the semantic relationship remains unclear. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もち​づき [mòchíꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡ɕizɨᵝkʲi̥]

Noun

望(もち)月(づき) • (mochizuki) 

  1. full moon
  2. in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon
  3. more specifically, the fifteenth night of the eighth lunar month, the full moon of mid-autumn
Synonyms

Proper noun

望(もち)月(づき) • (Mochizuki) 

  1. a surname

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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