English
Otsukimi
Otsukimi comes from Japanese お月見.
- Japanesemodernお月見o-tsukimi
- Englishearliest quotation 1952Otsukimi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodernお月見o-tsukimi
- Englishearliest quotation 1952Otsukimi
Earliest quotation: 1952, Elizabeth Gray Vining, Windows for the Crown Prince: “I was always interested to see which of the…”
Every English word from Japanese お月見
Today it means
name A moon-viewing festival in the fall (autumn).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese お月見 / Otsukimi