noun, takes genitive case の

  1. every month.

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

Orig. used as an insult towards old-fashioned poets who would meet monthly to write poetry.
  1. trite, commonplace, conventional, hackneyed.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
月並み つきなみ
月並 つきなみ
月次
月次 つきなみ
月次 げつじ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
row, and, besides
なら.べる なみ な.み (6th, N2)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
business(業) variant
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ