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Other than Minazuki! The alternative names for June are wonderful＊

June has the traditional Japanese name "Minazuki" in the old lunar calendar.

This name derives from the time when rice planting finishes in May, and the water is drawn into the rice fields. The "na" in between doesn't mean "none," but serves as a particle "of."

Besides "Minazuki," June also has alternative names in the old lunar (lunar) calendar.

There are alternative names for all the months from January to December, but the words used to represent June are particularly beautiful... and this has been trending on Twitter.

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It would be wonderful to know ♡

Such beautiful Japanese ♡

So I wanted to introduce them.

*List of Alternative Names for June in the Old Lunar Calendar*

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"Narukamizuki (鳴雷月)"

The month of thunder

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"Kazemachizuki (風待月)" / "Matsukazezuki (松風月)"

The month where one eagerly awaits the wind as it becomes warm

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"Aominazuki (青水無月)"

The month of lush greenery

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"Suzukuredzuk (涼暮月)"

The month of cool evenings

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"Nagoshinotsuki (夏越の月)"

The month where the Nagoshi ceremony (a Shinto ritual performed to cleanse impurities accumulated in the first half of the year and to pray for safety in the second half) takes place

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"Seminohazuki (蝉の羽月)"

The month when one wears light clothing like the wings of a cicada

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"Tokonatsuzuki (常夏月)"

The month when summer flowers flourish

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"Mizuharizuki (水張月)"

The month of filling the rice fields with water

I'm so happy to be exposed to such wonderful Japanese＊

I knew that June was called Minazuki or Narukamizuki in the lunar calendar, but I learned about these other alternative names for the first time.

It feels like my heart has been cleansed by being exposed to such beautiful Japanese ♡

I want to use these names when writing letters or similar occasions.

@haruno45

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