月並み
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 月 | 並 |
| つき Grade: 1 |
な Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 月竝み (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Originally meant monthly, the shift in meaning can be attributed to Monthly Haiku Gatherings (月並句合), during the Bunka era (1804-1818). These events involved people submitting haiku, and the best ones were published.
In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the renowned haiku poet Masaoka Shiki criticized the often uninspired and conventional haiku produced at these monthly gatherings, referring to them as "月並調 (tsukinami chō)" - "tsukinami style" or "tsukinami tone."
Pronunciation
Adjective
月並み • (tsukinami) ←つきなみ (tukinami)?-na (adnominal 月並みな (tsukinami na), adverbial 月並みに (tsukinami ni))
- trite
- commonplace, conventional
- hackneyed
- every month
Inflection
Inflection of 月並み
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 月並みだろ | 月並mi daro | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 月並みで | 月並mi de | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 月並みだ | 月並mi da | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 月並みな | 月並mi na | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 月並みなら | 月並mi nara | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 月並みであれ | 月並mi de are | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 月並みではない 月並みじゃない |
月並mi de wa nai 月並mi ja nai | |
| Informal past | 月並みだった | 月並mi datta | |
| Informal negative past | 月並みではなかった 月並みじゃなかった |
月並mi de wa nakatta 月並mi ja nakatta | |
| Formal | 月並みです | 月並mi desu | |
| Formal negative | 月並みではありません 月並みじゃありません |
月並mi de wa arimasen 月並mi ja arimasen | |
| Formal past | 月並みでした | 月並mi deshita | |
| Formal negative past | 月並みではありませんでした 月並みじゃありませんでした |
月並mi de wa arimasen deshita 月並mi ja arimasen deshita | |
| Conjunctive | 月並みで | 月並mi de | |
| Conditional | 月並みなら(ば) | 月並mi nara (ba) | |
| Provisional | 月並みだったら | 月並mi dattara | |
| Volitional | 月並みだろう | 月並mi darō | |
| Adverbial | 月並みに | 月並mi ni | |
| Degree | 月並みさ | 月並misa | |