JLPT N1 · な-adjective

月並 (tsukinami)

月並 (つきなみ, tsukinami) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “every month”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つきなみ
Romaji: tsukinami
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

every month · noun, noun taking の
trite; commonplace; conventional; hackneyed · な-adjective, noun · orig. used as an insult towards old-fashioned poets who would meet monthly to write poetry

Example sentences

月並みのパーティーだったよ。

That was just another party.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 月並

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	月並だ	つきなみだ tsukinamida
Present (polite)	月並です	つきなみです tsukinamidesu
Negative	月並じゃない	つきなみじゃない tsukinamijanai
Past	月並だった	つきなみだった tsukinamidatta
Negative past	月並じゃなかった	つきなみじゃなかった tsukinamijanakatta
Te-form	月並で	つきなみで tsukinamide
Before a noun	月並な	つきなみな tsukinamina
Adverb (~ni)	月並に	つきなみに tsukinamini

Kanji in 月並

月

month, moonゲツ・ガツ・つき · 4 strokes

並

row, and, besidesヘイ・ホウ・な.み・なみ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 月並.

月がつmonth (of the year)か月かげつcounter for months今月こんげつthis month先月せんげつlast month一月ひとつきone month毎月まいげつevery month来月らいげつnext month月曜日げつようびMonday月つきMoon正月しょうがつNew Year (esp. first three days)再来月さらいげつmonth after next年月としつきmonths and years年月ねんげつmonths and years生年月日せいねんがっぴbirth date

Source: JMdict entry 1255810 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.