望月

Noun

 * 1) full moon

Etymology 1
From compound, possibly from the way the moon is most easily observed when full.

Noun

 * 1) full moon
 * 2) in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon

Etymology 2
Compound of. The mochi element is of uncertain derivation. It probably derives from the of verb, but the semantic relationship remains unclear.

Noun

 * 1) full moon
 * 2) in the lunar calendar, the fifteenth night of a lunar month, the night of the full moon
 * 3) more specifically, the fifteenth night of the eighth lunar month, the full moon of mid-autumn