毎月

See also: 每月

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
毎 月
まい
Grade: 2
つき
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
每月 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 毎 (mai, “every, each”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month; moon”).[1][2][3]

First attested in the latter 1400s.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まいつき [màítsúkí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠it͡sɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

毎(まい)月(つき) • (maitsuki) 

  1. [from late 1400s] every month
    毎月(まいつき)の行事(ぎょうじ) ― maitsuki no gyōji ― monthly activities
Coordinate terms
時 (“Time”)
~−3−2−10+1+2Continual
Day 日一昨昨日一昨日昨日今日明日明後日毎日
Morning 朝—一昨朝昨朝今朝明朝—毎朝
Night 晩—一昨晩昨晩今晩明晩—毎晩
Week 週—先々週先週今週来週再来週毎週
Month 月—先々月先月今月来月再来月毎月
Year 年一昨昨年一昨年去年今年来年再来年毎年

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
毎 月
まい
Grade: 2
げつ
Grade: 1
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
每月 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 毎 (mai, “every, each”) +‎ 月 (getsu, “month; moon”).[1][2][3]

First attested in roughly 1215.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まいげつ [màígétsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠iɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

毎(まい)月(げつ) • (maigetsu) 

  1. [from 1215] every month

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
毎 月
め
Grade: 2
つき
Grade: 1
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
每月 (kyūjitai)

Dialectal shift from standard Japanese maitsuki, moving from diphthong /ai/ to monophthong /e/.

  • /mait͡suki/ → /met͡suki/

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [me̞t͡sɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

毎(め)月(つき) • (metsuki) 

  1. (dialect, Kagoshima) every month

References

  1. “毎月”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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