New moon - Shingetsu

Japanese: 新月 - しんげつ

〘Noun〙① = saku (new moon)④② New moon (saku) ④ The thin moon that first appears in the western sky in the evening after the new moon. In early lunar calendars, the day when the new moon appears marked the beginning of a new calendar day. [Season: Autumn] *Tenshikashu (around 892), Middle: Worshiping the new moon "The heavens' head rises _{to the west} _, the new moon's white eyebrows are raised." ③ The newly shining moon in the eastern sky. In particular, the bright moon that has just begun to shine on the fifteenth night. *Sugakebunso (around 900), April, _16th of the first month, Okigung prostitute song: " _Tonight, the color of the new moon _{is the same} , _unlike anywhere else, my feelings of the _old year. _"

Nii- zukinihi... [New Moon]

〘 noun 〙 The moon that can be seen on the first night of the month in the lunar calendar. The moon that can be seen thin in the western sky in the evening. Shingetsu. ※Tosei Shosei Kishitetsu (1885-86)〈Tsubouchi Shoyo〉13 "I wonder if the new moon is the eyebrows of a beautiful woman"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① ＝さく（朔）④② 朔(さく)④を過ぎてから夕方西空に初めて見える細い月。初期の太陰暦では新月の見えた日をもって新しい暦日のはじめとした。《季・秋》※田氏家集（892頃）中・拝新月「天頭乃顧聳_二西維_一、新月盱衡白片眉」③ 新たに東の空に輝き出た月。特に、十五夜の輝き始めたばかりの明るい月。※菅家文草（900頃）四・正月十六日、憶宮妓蹋歌「此夜応_レ同_二新月色_一、他郷不_レ似_二旧年心_一」