日月|じつげつjitsugetsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsun and moon
2. nountime; days and months; years
3. nounSunday and Monday

• Synonym歳月さいげつWrittenWritten word for long stretches of passing time. More common than 「日月」 and, unlike it, never covers the sun-and-moon sense.
• Synonym年月としつきNeutralNeutral word stressing the accumulation of months and years. More colloquial than 「日月」 and never refers to the sun, moon or stars.

「日月」 covers the sun and moon, or time in written, literary prose, as in 「日月の流れ」. For time itself, 「歳月」 and 「年月」 are the usual choices. Read 「ひつき」, it refers to the sun and moon.

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1. 太陽たいようと月つき。
2. 年月としつき。歳月さいげつ。