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：2026/01/05
十六夜
Hiragana
いざよい
Noun
abbreviation
alt-of
broadly
of the "16" sense
poetic
archaic
Japanese Meaning
月齢16日前後の月。満月の翌日の月で、少し欠け始めた月。 / 陰暦十六日。また、その夜。 / 物事が少しずつ衰え、満ち足りた状態から減じはじめる頃のたとえ。
Easy Japanese Meaning
まんげつのつぎのよるのつき。すこしかけはじめたつき。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
十六夜的月亮 / 刚过满月、开始亏缺的月亮
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
指剛過滿月、開始虧缺的月亮（望後之月） / 陰曆十六日的夜晚
Korean Meaning
만월 직후의 달 / 기울기 시작한 달 / 보름 다음 날의 달
Vietnamese Meaning
trăng vừa qua rằm, bắt đầu khuyết / vầng trăng ngay sau trăng tròn (khởi đầu kỳ tàn)
Tagalog Meaning
buwan kasunod ng kabilugan / simula ng pagliit ng buwan / buwan sa ikalabing-anim na gabi
Sense（1）
Short for 十六夜の月 (izayoi no tsuki): the moon just past the full moon, the start of the waning moon
Sense（2）
the sixteenth night of the month under the lunar calendar, just after the full moon (common time for viewing the harvest moon in the Japanese 月見 (tsukimi, “moon viewing”) festival)
Sense（3）
(by extension of the 16
sense, poetic) sixteen years old
Sense（4）
(by extension of the 16
sense, archaic) a bet of 16 銭 (sen) on a competition or game of chance
Sense（5）
a female given name
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Quizzes for review
Short for 十六夜の月 (izayoi no tsuki): the moon just past the full moon, the start of the waning moon
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十六夜
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The moon on the sixteenth night is beautiful, isn't it?
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十六夜の月が美しいですね。
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