有明の月

Japanese
Kanji in this term
有 明 月
あ(り)
Grade: 3		 あ(け)
Grade: 2		 つき
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally the “moon during the sixteenth night of the lunar calendar → moon at dawn”.

Noun

有明の月 (hiragana ありあけのつき, rōmaji ariake no tsuki)

  1. the moon still in the sky at the hours around dawn or sunrise
    • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 332, also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 31)
      あさぼらけありあけの月 (つき)と見 (み)るまでに吉 (よし)野 (の)の里 (さと)に降 (ふ)れる白雪 (しらゆき)
      asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni Yoshino-no-sato ni fureru shirayuki
      In the dawn glow the white snow fallen in Yoshino Village almost seems the daybreak moon.[1]
    Synonym: 有明月 (ariake-zuki)

References
  1. Hiroaki Sato (2014) Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology: An Anthology‎, illustrated edition, Routledge, ISBN 9781317466970, page 120
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