Japanese

Alternative forms

• 月読み, 月夜見

Proper noun

月読 ‎(hiragana つくよみ, katakana ツクヨミ, romaji Tsukuyomi, alternative reading つきよみ, katakana ツキヨミ, romaji Tsukiyomi)

1. (Japanese mythology, Shintō) Tsukuyomi, the Japanese moon god
2. (poetic) the Moon

Derived terms

• 月読男, 月夜見男 (つくよみおとこ, ​Tsukuyomi otoko): personification of the moon, the moon man (not the "man in the moon")
• 月読尊, 月読命, 月夜見命 (つくよみのみこと, ​Tsukuyomi no Mikoto): formal name for the Japanese god of the moon
• 月読宮, 月夜見宮 (つきよみのみや, ​Tsukiyomi no Miya; つくよみのみや, ​Tsukuyomi no Miya): a shrine to Tsukuyomi in the Miyajiri area of Ise, Mie Prefecture

See also

• 天照 (あまてらす, ​Amaterasu): Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess
• 須佐之男 (すさのお, ​Susanoo): Susanoo, the Japanese storm god
• 伊邪那岐, 伊弉諾 (いざなぎ, ​Izanagi): Izanagi, the father of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo

References

1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0