VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

六月

ろくがつ

hepburn rokugatsu

June

Part of speech · noun

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六six

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月moon

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Examples

六月は梅雨の季節だ。
June is the rainy season.
六月に紫陽花が咲く。
Hydrangeas bloom in June.

Collocations

六月 (rokugatsu, June)梅雨 (tsuyu, the rainy season)紫陽花 (ajisai, hydrangea)梅雨入り (tsuyu-iri, entering the rainy season)梅雨明け (tsuyu-ake, end of the rainy season)

Mnemonic

Rokugatsu (六月) is June — the tsuyu rainy season and a reflective month with few festivals. Cluster: (1) tsuyu (early June to mid-July, about 40 days of frequent rain and high humidity, with the JMAs official tsuyu-iri and tsuyu-ake announcements — only Hokkaido has no tsuyu, while Okinawa starts in May); (2) ajisai (hydrangeas blooming in gardens and temples; soil pH flips them pink-to-blue in a striking natural color shift, with Kamakuras Meigetsu-in famed as the ajisai-dera); (3) juun-buraido (June Bride, a Western Roman-goddess Juno tradition imported around 1960 by Japanese wedding venues to fill rainy-season slots — a marketing-driven custom); (4) chichi no hi (Fathers Day, the third Sunday — far less recognized than Mothers Day in May). Kanji 六 with on-reading roku plus 月 "-gatsu." JLPT N5 plus Japans June nature-and-weather cluster.

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Origin and adoption of juun-buraido?