Japanese

Alternative forms

• 十二月

Noun

師走 ‎(hiragana しわす, romaji shiwasu, historical hiragana しはす)

1. (archaic) the twelfth month of the lunar calendar
   • c. 859-985: Kagura Uta (Kodai Kayōshū, page 337)

     本 乎美名古乃左衣八 末 志毛月志波須乃 加伊古本千

2. (poetic) December

References

• Tsuchihashi, Yutaka; Jin'ichi Konishi, Ichinosuke Takagi (1957) Kodai Kayōshū, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-060003-6

1. ↑ 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