Tsukuyomi
月読ツクヨミ
From Japanese words for "moon" and "reading" or "counting": broadly "moon counter", from tracking the months by the moon's phases.
Meaning and origin
Tsukuyomi, in full Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, is the moon god of Japanese mythology, first recorded in the 8th-century chronicles the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki.
How to pronounce Tsukuyomi
| Japanese | tsoo-koo-YO-mee /tsɯkɯjomi/ |
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