質問: Currently, ichigatsu, nigatsu, sangatsu.....however the original names of the months were different than what is spoken today. I want to learn the original names of the months.
回答: From : > > 1. 睦月 「むつき」 > 2. 如月 「きさらぎ」 > 3. 弥生 「やよい」 > 4. 卯月 「うづき」 > 5. 皐月 「さつき」 > 6. 水無月 「みなづき」 > 7. 文月 「ふみづき」 (or「ふづき」) > 8. 葉月 「はづき」 > 9. 長月 「ながつき」 > 10. 神無月 「かんなづき」 (or「かみなづき」) > 11. 霜月 「しもつき」 > 12. 師走 「しわす」 or 「しはす」 > > > There are a couple variants to some of them that you can see on the Wikipedia link. Also note that > > The old Japanese calendar was an adjusted lunar calendar based on the Chinese calendar, and the year—and with it the months—started anywhere from about 3 to 7 weeks later than the modern year, so in historical contexts it is not entirely accurate to equate the first month with January. > > > So you can't really just use these names willy-nilly to replace the current month convention.