noun

  1. twelfth lunar month, 12th month of the lunar calendar.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
臘月 ろうげつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

12th lunar month
ロウ (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
mane, bristles, as on a hog, dorsal fins
リョウ たてがみ もと
curving river radical (no.47)
セン かわ (Kentei 1)
ku radical
river
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
rat, mouse, dark gray
ねずみ ソ ショ (Kentei Pre-1)
mortar
うす キュウ グ (11th)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)