Months of the Year in Japanese

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is the Japanese symbol that represents the moon and is read "tsu ki". But you can also read it as "getsu" or "gatsu", and if you put the numbers 1 to 12 in front of it, they become the months of the year.
This is just like English where "moon" and "month" are basically the same.

Also have a look at the months of the year game.

Here are the symbols used in the song:

Ichi ga tsu - January : New Year's Decoration.

Ni ga tsu - February: Setsubun Festival (you throw beans at people dressed as devils!)

San ga tsu - March: Dolls Festival

Shi ga tsu: April - Back to school under the cherry blossom.

Go ga tsu - May: Boys' Day

Ro ku ga tsu - June: The Rainy Season!

Shi chi ga tsu - July: Summer time and a national holiday for "Sea Day"

Ha chi ga tsu - August: Festival Time

Ku ga tsu - September: Moon Festival, you eat mochi rice cakes that the rabbits who live on the moon (yes, really) have made.

Jyu ga tsu - October: Nothing really happens this month so you see Halloween decorations everywhere.

Jyu i chi ga tsu - November: Autumn Leaves, very popular around Kyoto.

Jyu ni ga tsu - December: Christmas decorations cover the landscape, only to be taken down on the 25th.