同月 – vocab dash

同どう月げつ

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Meanings

Noun

Adverb

1. the same month

Kanji used

Pitch accent

どうげつ

Used in vocabulary

same period of last year; the same month a year ago; year-ago month

Noun

compared to the same month the previous year (e.g. in statistics, sales, electricity usage)

Expression

Examples2

１いち月がつの輸ゆ出しゅつは１００億おくドルと、同どう月げつとしては最さい高こう記き録ろくになった。

Exports in January totalled $10 billion, a record for the month.

１いち月がつの輸ゆ出しゅつは昨さく年ねんの同どう月げつに比くらべ２０％の増ぞう加かだった。

Exports in January were up 20% over the same period of last year.