文 月(ふづき)

ふづき

noun

July (traditional calendar name)

1. July (traditional Japanese calendar name)

The traditional Japanese name for July (the seventh month). Part of the set of twelve traditional month names (和風月名) that predate the adoption of the Western calendar. Still used in formal writing, poetry, and seasonal greetings.

七月(しちがつ)は文月(ふづき)とも呼(よ)ばれる。

July is also called fumizuki.

手紙(てがみ)の書(か)き出(だ)しに「文月(ふづき)の候(こう)」と書(か)いた。

I wrote 'in the season of fumizuki' at the beginning of the letter.

日本(にほん)の伝統的(でんとうてき)な月名(つきめい)を覚(おぼ)えるのは学校(がっこう)で習(なら)う基本(きほん)だ。

Memorizing the traditional Japanese month names is a basic part of school education.

The name 文月(ふづき) is thought to derive from the custom of writing poems and letters during the Tanabata festival (七夕(たなばた)) in the seventh month. 文(ふみ) means "letter" or "writing."

The twelve traditional month names are:
睦月(むつき) (Jan), 如月(きさらぎ) (Feb), 弥生(やよい) (Mar), 卯月(うづき) (Apr), 皐月(さつき) (May), 水無月(みなづき) (Jun), 文月(ふづき) (Jul), 葉月(はづき) (Aug), 長月(ながつき) (Sep), 神無月(かんなづき) (Oct), 霜月(しもつき) (Nov), 師走(しわす) (Dec).

RELATED WORDS:

七月(しちがつ) — July (standard)
七夕(たなばた) — Star Festival (July 7th)
葉月(はづき) — August (traditional name)

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