Meaning:
「月（げつ）」means “month”.
「月（つき）」means “moon”.
Note:
| It’s often used in the form of 「〜ヶ月」to count the months. Please note that 「ヶ」 here is read as 「か」, not 「け」. The reason why ke ヶ is read as ka is because it’s the abbreviated way of writing a kanji. This one: ka 箇. So originally, formally, you’d write 二箇月. But nobody got time to write that much kanji, too many strokes, gotta go fast, that’s why handwritten it would be abbreviated 二ヶ月 instead.  |
Example Sentences:
| 妊娠４ヶ月です。 I’m four months pregnant. ３ヶ月滞在します。 I’ll be staying here for three months. ２ヶ月間雨がない。 It hasn’t rained for two months. １年には１２ヶ月あります。 A year has twelve months. ３ヶ月で１０キロ痩せたんだ。 I lost ten kilos in three months. 月も出ていない闇夜だった。 It was a dark night, with no moon. どうして月は夜輝くのか。 How does the moon shine at night? 夕べは月が輝いて明るかった。 The moon was bright last night. 僕は月へ飛んで行くつもりさ。 I’m going to fly to the moon. 彼は月の表面に立った。 He stood on the surface of the moon. |