| 立ち待ち月 | 17-day-old moon |
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| 弓張り月 | crescent moon |
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| 雪月花 | snow, moon, and flowers, beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) |
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| 短日月 | short period of time |
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| 月足らず | premature birth |
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| 隔月刊 | published bimonthly |
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| 亥月 | tenth month of the lunar calendar |
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| 桂月 | moon |
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| 月給が上がる | to get a raise in salary |
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| 月謝を納める | to pay a school fee |
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| 月商 | monthly sales |
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| 月相 | phase of the moon |
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| 月央 | middle of the month |
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| 月金 | Mondays and Fridays |
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| 皓月 | bright white moon |
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| 新正月 | January (according to the new calendar) |
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| 草月流 | Sogetsu school of flower arrangement |
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月極駐車場
月極め駐車場 | parking lot rented on a monthly basis |
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| 月の障り | menses |
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| 月を眺める | to gaze at the moon |
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| 安月給 | low salary |
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| 亮月 | bright moonlight |
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| 蓮月尼 | name of a famous Buddhist nun |
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| 丸一月 | the whole month, all the month |
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丸一ヶ月
丸一ケ月 | the whole month, all the month |
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| 皆既月食 | total eclipse of the moon |
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| 月の出 | moonrise, rise of the moon |
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| 月の入り | moonset, moondown |
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| 五月祭 | May Day, May Festival |
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| 製造年月日 | date of manufacture |
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| 月例経済報告 | monthly economic report |
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| 平均月収 | average monthly salary |
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| 前月 | last month, previous month |
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| 月夜見の尊 | Moon God, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto, brother of Amaterasu |
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| 日月星辰 | the sun, the moon and the stars, the heavenly bodies |
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| 海底撈月 | totally useless (fruitless) effort, wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) |
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| 鏡花水月 | something that is visible but having no substance, the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words |
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| 月下推敲 | polish, elaboration, being very scrupulous in the choice of diction |
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| 月給泥棒 | freeloader, slacker, lazy worker who does not deserve his salary |
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| 弧城落月 | feeling apprehensive, feeling (looking) lone and helpless, being down-and-out (ruined), helplessness of those in reduced circumstances |
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| 羞月閉花 | the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman, (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt |
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| 人物月旦 | character sketch, comments on personalities |
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| 清風明月 | refreshing breeze and the bright moon, a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon |
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| 閉月羞花 | charms of a uniquely beautiful woman, great beauty, (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed |
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| 三日月眉 | arched eyebrows |
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一昨々月
一昨昨月 | three months ago |
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| 五月雨式 | off and on manner, intermittent style, dragging on and on |
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| 四月病 | euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work |
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| 六月病 | blues experienced by workplace recruits shortly after beginning work |
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| 月毛 | palomino |
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| 月代 | shaved part of the forehead |
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| 月 | month (of the year), used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani) |
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| 太陰月 | lunar month |
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