Satsuki

Japanese: 祥月 - しょうつき

〘Noun〙① The month in which a person died, on or after the first anniversary of their death. In the past, the month was designated as the day of the person's death, and everything was done with modesty. ※Essays, Tamakatsuma (1795-1812) 2 "Although it is now called Shogetsu, it is based on the example of Shojitsu, and should be Shotsuki (New Year's Day) , but if it is written as such, it will be confused with the next New Year's Day, so perhaps the character Sho should be written." ② An abbreviation of "Shotsukimeinichi (August Death Anniversary)." ※Meigetsuki - Kennin 2 (1202), January 25th "Visiting the old Oinimikado temple. Today is New Year's Day." ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Nihon Eitaigura (1688) 1 "Last year today, I went to the temple on the day of my parents' auspicious month (Shautsuki) ." [Eloquence] As seen in the example "Tamakasatsuma" in ①, in the past, the days of one's parents or ancestors' deaths were designated as anniversaries for each month, and the anniversaries of their deaths were called Shoujitsu (the first day of the new year) to distinguish them from other months. Since Shoujitsu was the month in which the Shoujitsu occurred, it was written as "Shotsuki" (New Year's Day) , but because this was confusingly similar to "Shogatsu," the Chinese character "Sho" from "Xiaoxiang" and "Daixiang" was borrowed to become "Shougetsu."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 人の死後一周忌以降の、死去した月と同じ月。昔はその月中を忌日として、すべてをつつしんだ。※随筆・玉勝間（1795‐1812）二「今祥月といふも、正日の例にて、正月(しゃうつき)なるべきを、然書きては、月次の正月にまぎるる故に、祥の字は書くにもあらむか」② 「しょうつきめいにち（祥月命日）」の略。※明月記‐健仁二年（1202）正月二五日「参大炊御門旧院。今日御正月也」※浮世草子・日本永代蔵（1688）一「去年のけふぞ親仁の祥月(シャウツキ)とて旦那寺に参りて」[語誌]①の挙例の「玉勝間」にもあるように、昔、親、先祖の死んだ日を月ごとに忌日とし、命日を他の月の日と区別して正日といい、その正日のある月というところから「正月(しょうつき)」と書いたが「しょうがつ」とまぎらわしいので、中国の小祥、大祥の「祥」の字を借りて「祥月」となったのだという。

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