旧暦

• 読み: きゅうれき
• ローマ字: kyūreki
• 漢字の分解: 旧 (kyū/furu) — old, former; 暦 (reki/koyomi) — calendar
• 発音: /kjɯː.ɾe.ki/

意味

The old calendar; the traditional lunisolar calendar used in Japan before the Meiji era, based on the Chinese lunisolar system.

A noun referring to the traditional lunisolar calendar (also called 陰暦 or 太陰太陽暦) officially replaced by the Gregorian calendar (新暦) in 1873. Many traditional Japanese events — including the Obon festival and various regional festivals — are still observed according to 旧暦. Dates in the old calendar typically fall about one month later than their Gregorian equivalents.

例文

1. 旧暦の七月十五日はお盆にあたる。
2. 地元の祭りは旧暦に従って毎年行われている。
3. 旧暦では閏月が入ることで季節とのずれを調整する仕組みになっている。

使い方ガイド

場面: traditional culture, festivals, history, calendar

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 旧 (old, former) and 暦 (calendar). The term emerged after the Meiji modernisation to distinguish the traditional lunisolar calendar from the newly adopted Gregorian system.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional (pre-Meiji)

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal