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How do you read 月極 in Japanese?
Set the terms by the month.
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HINTShow hint
Seen on parking-lot signs, it refers to a monthly arrangement.
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Describe the shapes you see
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月 and 極 parking sign reading
tree radical beside 亟
月 followed by 極 from 北極 reading
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月: 4 strokes; radical 月 (moon). 極: 12 strokes; radical 木 (tree). Distinguish informal descriptions of the shape from the dictionary radical.
月4 strokes / radical: 月 (moon)
極12 strokes / radical: 木 (tree)
Stroke counts and radicals follow the Japanese dictionary Kanjipedia; other dictionaries may differ.
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The answer is
つきぎめ
tsukigime
月極
Understand the meaning
English translationMonthly rental / monthly arrangement
An arrangement in which charges are agreed by the month, as with a monthly parking space.
See it in a sentence
引っ越し先の近くで、月極の駐車場を探した。I looked for a monthly parking space near my new home.
A way to remember
Read it tsukigime, not gekkyoku. It is also written 月極め.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 月極
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Explore the word further
A word about the unit of an arrangement
月極駐車場 indicates a monthly arrangement rather than a separate charge for every visit. Thinking of how the space is used is more helpful than combining the characters’ usual on-readings.
例：毎日車で通うため、駅の近くの月極駐車場を利用することにした。
Because I drive every day, I decided to use a monthly parking space near the station.
Recognize the sense of agreeing terms
Do not let the familiar reading kiwameru determine this word. Both 月極 and 月極め are tsukigime: a useful example of spelling length not directly matching the length of the reading.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 月極
Explanation checked on 2026-10-25. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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