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A lunar month is shorter than a calendar month.
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Vocabulary list

taiingetsu
noun
  1. lunar month
taiin
noun
  1. the Moon
  2. the greater yin (in yin-yang)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
karendaa
noun
  1. calendar
  2. calender (machine for flattening things)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
hitotsuki
noun
  1. one month
yori
particle
  1. than
  2. from; out of; since; at; on
  3. except; but; other than
adverb
  1. more

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