How to say 'Moon viewing' in Japanese | 月見

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The Japanese word for Moon viewing is 'Tsukimi', written as 月見 in Japanese.'Moon viewing' in hiragana is つきみ.

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月見

Meaning

Moon viewing

Reading

つきみ

tsukimi

Kanji

月Moon, Month 見See

Explanation

The Japanese noun '月見 (つきみ)' refers to the traditional custom of viewing the moon, often during the autumn moon-viewing festival known as 'Tsukimi'. This practice involves appreciating the beauty of the full moon, typically while enjoying seasonal foods like rice dumplings (月見団子, つきみだんご) and sake. Example sentences: Let's do moon viewing tonight「今夜は月見をしよう」(こんやはつきみをしよう). During Tsukimi, we eat rice dumplings「月見の時、団子を食べます」(つきみのとき、だんごをたべます).

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

5271

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 月見

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

月

Meaning

Moon, Month

kanji

見

Meaning

See

Words Related to 月見 Through the Kanji 月

These 22 Words contain the Kanji 月 as well.

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月曜日

Meaning

Monday

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月

Meaning

Moon

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今月

Meaning

This month

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先月

Meaning

Last month

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箇月

Meaning

Months

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来月

Meaning

Next month

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半月

Meaning

Half month

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再来月

Meaning

Month after next

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月日

Meaning

Date

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月末

Meaning

Month end

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生年月日

Meaning

Birthdate

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正月

Meaning

New year

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月給

Meaning

Salary

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月刊

Meaning

Monthly

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月謝

Meaning

Tuition

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毎月

Meaning

Monthly

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三日月

Meaning

Crescent

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年月

Meaning

Years

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年月日

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Date

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月初め

Meaning

Start

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月夜

Meaning

Moonlit night

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満月

Meaning

Full moon

Words Related to 月見 Through the Kanji 見

These 53 Words contain the Kanji 見 as well.

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見る

Meaning

See

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見える

Meaning

Visible

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見せる

Meaning

Show

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花見

Meaning

Flower viewing

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意見

Meaning

Opinion

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見物

Meaning

Sightseeing

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見送り

Meaning

Seeing off

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見学

Meaning

Inspection, Observation

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見付ける

Meaning

Find

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発見

Meaning

Discovery

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見詰める

Meaning

Stare

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見付かる

Meaning

Found

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見事

Meaning

Complete, Splendid

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見なす

Meaning

Regard

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見物人

Meaning

Spectator

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見掛ける

Meaning

Notice

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見出だす

Meaning

Discover

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見上げる

Meaning

Lookup

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見解

Meaning

View, Opinion

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一見

Meaning

At first glance

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見守る

Meaning

Watch

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見回す

Meaning

Look around

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暑中見舞い

Meaning

Summer greeting

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見張る

Meaning

Watch, Guard

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浅見

Meaning

Shallow, Superficial

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見出し

Meaning

Heading

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見本

Meaning

Example, Sample

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見晴らし

Meaning

View

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よそ見

Meaning

Distraction

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見かけ

Meaning

Appearance

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見覚え

Meaning

Recognition

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見合い

Meaning

Matchmaking

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見通し

Meaning

View, Prospect

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見下ろす

Meaning

Look down

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見送る

Meaning

See off

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見習う

Meaning

Learn

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見当

Meaning

Direction, Estimate

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見直す

Meaning

Reconsider, Reassess

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見込み

Meaning

Prospect

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見違える

Meaning

Mistake, Fail to recognize

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見舞い

Meaning

Visit, Sympathy

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見当たる

Meaning

Found

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見直し

Meaning

Review, Revision

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見逃す

Meaning

Miss, Overlook

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見比べる

Meaning

Compare

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見渡す

Meaning

Survey, Overlook

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見落とす

Meaning

Overlook

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会見

Meaning

Press conference

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見抜く

Meaning

See through

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後見

Meaning

Guardianship

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拝見

Meaning

See

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偏見

Meaning

Prejudice

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見舞う

Meaning

Visit, Afflict

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