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ヶ月 [(1)かげつ] meaning: month rank: 1
☆ 標準納期は三ヶ月です ⇨ The standard lead time is three months
☆ 申請はもう二ヶ月も前にしたが、未だに進展が無い ⇨ I already submitted my application two months ago but so far there is no progress (☛ Month as a period)
More examples:
- 一ヶ月の食料費 ⇨ Monthly food cost
- 工事の完成には未だ数ヶ月かかる ⇨ It still takes several more months for the completion of the construction
- この地域では数ヶ月雨が降らないことがある ⇨ Sometimes it doesn’t rain for a couple months in this area
- 生後六ヶ月は母乳のみで育てる ⇨ Raise a newborn with mother’s milk only for first six months
- 次の試験まで一ヶ月しかないからおちおちしていられない ⇨ The next exam is only a month away so I cannot really relax
- チームは一ヶ月負け知らずだ ⇨ The team hasn’t lost for a month
- 一ヶ月足らずの滞在だったが、多くのことを学んだ ⇨ It was a stay of less than one month, but I learned a lot
- 日本から米国に荷物を船便で送ると一ヶ月くらい掛かる (ふなびん) ⇨ It takes about a month when you send packages from Japan to the US by ship
- 普通赤ちゃんは生後六ヶ月で離乳し始める ⇨ Usually babies start to be weaned around 6 months after birth
- この怪我からの復帰には通常六ヶ月程度掛かる ⇨ Recovery from this injury usually takes about six months
- 彼は一ヶ月に一度整髪する ⇨ He has a haircut once a month
- 一ヶ月の食費 ⇨ Monthly food expense
- 彼は学校を三ヶ月病欠した ⇨ He took a 3-month sick leave from school
- 彼女はテニスを始めて数ヶ月だが筋が良いので既に相当上達した ⇨ She has been play tennis only for a few months but she has the talent and is already pretty good
- この病気は感染してから発病するまでに数ヶ月かかる ⇨ It takes several months for a patient to show the symptoms after contracting the disease