朔

Vocabulary (12)

• 綿抜の朔日

  わたぬきのついたち

  1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

• 告朔

  こうさく

  ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials

• 朔望

  さくぼう

  first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon)

• 初朔日

  はつついたち

  first day of the second month

• 晦朔

  かいさく

  last and first days of the month

• 朔風

  さくふう

  north wind

• 朔望潮

  さくぼうちょう

  spring tide

• 朔望月

  さくぼうげつ

  synodic month

• 正朔

  せいさく

  beginning of the month or the year

• 朔日

  さくじつ

  1st day of the month

• 八朔

  はっさく

  1st of August (lunar calendar)

• 一日

  つきたち

  first day of the month