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一月
ichigatsu, hitotsuki
Description
「一月」は「いちがつ」と読むと、一年のさいしょの月のことです。
"一月" read as "いちがつ" means the first month of the year.
「ひとつき」と読むと、一か月という時間のながさをあらわします。
"一月" read as "ひとつき" expresses the length of one month.
Meanings
一月ichigatsu
January, the first month of the year
一月は とても さむいです。
January is very cold.
一月hitotsuki
one month, a period of a month
一月で 五キロ やせました。
I lost five kilograms in January.
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Notes
- Reading
いちがつ means January; ひとつき (or いっかげつ) means a one-month duration.
- Nuance
to say 'one month' as a span, 一か月 (ikkagetsu) is more common than ひとつき.
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