月

Meanings: moon, month On Readings: ゲツ getsu, ガツ gatsu Kun Readings: つき tsuki Most Used Pronunciation: getsu JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 月 Stroke Number: 4

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Common jukugo
三月 - さん　がつ san gatsu - March (3rd month)
四月 - し　がつ shi gatsu - April (4th Month)
五月 - ご　がつ go gatsu - May (5th Month)
五ヶ月 - ご　か　げつ go ka getsu - 5 months [note: So far we have seen that adding a number between 1-12 with 'gatsu' makes the month's names. But here is how to say a duration of months: # + ka + getsu - notice it is 'getsu' not 'gatsu']
二月 - に　がつ ni gatsu - February [the 2nd month]
六月 - ろく　がつ roku gatsu - June [the 6th month]
七月 - しち　がつ shichi gatsu - July (7th Month)
八月 - はち　がつ hachi gatsu - August (8th Month)
九月 - く　がつ ku gatsu - September (9th Month)
十二月 - じゅう　に　がつ juu ni gatsu - December (the 12th month)
来月 - らい　げつ rai getsu - next month
正月 - しょう　がつ shou gatsu - new year
九ヵ月 - きゅう　か　げつ kyuu ka getsu - 9 months (in length)
歳月 - さい　げつ sai getsu - time

Useful Examples
Japanese: 一月が一番すき。
Romaji: ichi gatsu ga ichi ban suki.
Literal: 1 month - (subject) - #1 - like
English: I like January the best.

Japanese: 来月日本に行きましょう！
Romaji: rai getsu nihon ni ikimashou!
English: Next month, let's go to Japan!

Japanese: 五月に日本に行く予定です。
Romaji: go gatsu ni nihon ni iku yotei desu.
English: I am planning to go to Japan in May.

Japanese: 今月は赤字です。
Romaji: kon getsu wa akaji desu.
English: This month we are in red. (losing money)

Japanese: その病院は先月開業した。
Romaji: sono byouin wa sengetsu kaigyou shita.
English: The hospital opened last month.

Japanese: 町の一流のレストランの多くは八月いっぱいは休業する。
Romaji: machi no ichiryuu no resutoran no ooku wa hachigatsu ippai wa kyuugyou suru.
English: Many of the city's leading restaurants close down for the whole of August.

Japanese: やがて月が見え始めた。
Romaji: yagate tsuki ga mie hajimeta.
English: Before long the moon began to appear.

Japanese: 今夜は月が空の低いところに出ている。
Romaji: konya wa tsuki ga sora no hikui tokoro ni dete iru.
English: The moon is low in the sky tonight.

Japanese: トムとナンシーは先月別れた。
Romaji: tomu to nanshi- wa sengetsu wakareta.
English: Tom and Nancy broke up last month.

Look alike kanji
日

Notes/Mnemonic
This is a sun (日) with legs -- the moon runs faster around the earth, therefore it needs legs

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.