"十二月" meaning in Japanese

See 十二月 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑɨːɲ̟iɡa̠t͡sɨ] Forms: 十二月 [canonical] (ruby: (じゅう), (), (がつ)), jūnigatsu [romanization], zifunigwatu [romanization], じふにぐわつ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 十二(じゅうに) (jūni, “twelve”) + 月(がつ) (-gatsu, counter for the month of the year). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|十二|じゅうに|月|-がつ|pos2=counter for the month of the year|sort=しゆうにかつ'|t1=twelve}} 十二(じゅうに) (jūni, “twelve”) + 月(がつ) (-gatsu, counter for the month of the year) Head templates: {{ja-noun|じゅうにがつ|hhira=じふにぐわつ}} 十(じゅう)二(に)月(がつ) • (jūnigatsu) ^(←じふにぐわつ (zifunigwatu)?)
  1. December
    Sense id: en-十二月-ja-noun-j7IEykYJ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with 月, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 36 7 36 7 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 7 36 7 13 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 56 9 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 55 7 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 62 7 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 月: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 46 17 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 63 7 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 6 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 90 10
  2. the twelfth month of the year Synonyms: 極月, 師走
    Sense id: en-十二月-ja-noun-WaqcucTn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 十二月党 (Jūnigatsu-tō) (ruby: 十二(じゅうに), (がつ), (とう))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɕiβ̞a̠sɨ] Forms: 十二月 [canonical] (ruby: 十二月(しわす)), shiwasu [romanization], sifasu [romanization], しはす [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Old Japanese of unknown derivation. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=しわす}} Old Japanese, {{unk|ja|nocap=1|sort=しわす}} unknown Head templates: {{ja-noun|しわす|hhira=しはす}} 十二月(しわす) • (shiwasu) ^(←しはす (sifasu)?)
  1. Alternative spelling of 師走 (shiwasu): the twelfth month of the lunar calendar; the month of preparation for the new year Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 師走 (extra: (shiwasu): the twelfth month of the lunar calendar; the month of preparation for the new year) Related terms: 十二ヶ月 (jūnikagetsu) (ruby: (じゅう), (), (), (げつ)), 十二月建 (jūnigetsuken) (ruby: (じゅう), (), (げつ), (けん))
    Sense id: en-十二月-ja-noun-zRWXozX8 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 36 7 36 7 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 7 36 7 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "path": [
    "十二月"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "十二月",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "十二月"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "十二月",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.