The Japanese word for moon is
月

つき - tsuki

moon

Japanese Definition

moon
1. 名詞. (しばしば、Moon　固有名詞）月。地球の衛星。
2. 名詞. 惑星に対して十分な大きさを有する衛星。
3. 名詞. （文語的表現）１ヶ月、特に陰暦のもの（calendar month, lunar month, month）
many moons ago
4. 動詞. ふらふらと歩く。
5. 動詞. （over 又は aboutを後置して）感傷的に見つめる。
Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
6. 動詞. お尻を丸出しにする。

衛星
1. n. a satellite (a body orbiting a larger one; man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body)

月
1. n. the moon
(syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 太陰, tr=taiin, ムーン, tr2=mūn)
2. n. (astronomy) a natural satellite
3. n. moonlight, moonbeam
(syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 月光, tr=gekkō, 月影, tr2=tsukikage)
4. n. a (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 家紋, tr=kamon, , family crest) with various designs of the moon
5. n. (tarot) the Moon, the eighteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks
6. n. a month
(syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 月経, tr1=gekkei, 月の物, tr2=tsuki no mono)
7. suffix. month of the year
8. affix. moon
9. affix. month
10. affix. Usage: When used in most compounds or when counting a number of months with (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ヶ, tr=ka), lang-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 月 is pronounced m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, げつ, tr=getsu. When used
11. counter. a month as a duration of time
12. counter. (possibly obsolete) month of the year
13. counter. Usage: When used in most compounds or when counting a number of months with (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ヶ, tr=ka), lang-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 月 is pronounced m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, げつ, tr=getsu. When used
14. affix. moon
15. affix. month
16. affix. menstruation, menstrual cycle
17. n. (Kansai historical) during the Edo period, a low rank of low-end prostitute
(syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 野暮, tr=yabo)

ムーン
1. Usage: This term only refers to the Earth's natural satellite. This does not refer to any other moons.

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