In my native language, Persian, there is a name meaning "like the moon", As in
"beautiful like the moon". I wanna know if there is any single word in
Japanese like this.
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Is there a single word in japanese that means "like the moon"?
If it's a name there's names in Japanese names that use moon like 結月 but I
can't think of any Japanese names that use the form "like " so maybe there
isn't an equivalent to what you have in Persian.
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Yes, and the word is 月の如{ごと}く. Technically this is not a single word as it
consists of 月(moon) and 如く(like, similar). The expression Xの如く means "like X"
or "similar to X", but sounds quite literary. The word 如く itself is a pretty
literary word and not common in daily speech. If you want, you can remove the
の and any Japanese person should understand 月如く without any problems.

For a more common, less literary version, you'd want to use 月のよう. Xのよう means
"like X" or "in the way of X" as well. Note that it's a な adjective so to
attach it to a noun, you'd have to say **月のような** 人, and to make it an adverb
it's **月のように** 光る
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I am reminded of the famous manga/anime character [Sailor
Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon_\(character\)#Conception_and_creation),
whose "true identity" name is 月{つき}野{の} うさぎ (Tsukino Usagi). So her family
name 月野 literally means "moon field", but it also sounds like 月{つき}の which
would mean "of the moon" or "from the moon".

This is not exactly which you asked for, which was something that means
"beautiful like the moon". But perhaps it is close enough. After all,
something that is "of the moon" might also be beautiful like the moon. And
certainly, the surname 月野 is associated with the well-known Sailor Moon
character, who is a beautiful girl character. After all, the series is called
美{び}少{しょう}女{じょ}戦{せん}士{し}セーラームーン, which translates as "Pretty Soldier Sailor
Moon".

In the spirit of creating names to have a certain meaning, you might also
consider making up your own name. I don't know what purpose you want this word
for, but Japanese given names are often created to have a certain meaning.
Like how Tsukino Usagi was invented for the Sailor Moon character.

You could alter 月野 by adding the 美{び} character which means _beauty_ to give a
connotation of _beautiful_. For example, you could use the み reading of 美, as
in the name 恵{めぐ}美{み} (Megumi), and create 月{つき}美{み} (Tsukimi). This could
mean "moon beauty" or "beautiful like the moon".
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月状 ( _getsu-jō_ ) means
[_lunate_](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ja/dictionary/english/lunate), and
月状骨 ( _getsu-jō-kotsu_ ) refers to [_lunate
bone_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunate_bone) (骨 = bone). But it has
nothing to do with the beauty of the moon, and it's not used as a person name,
either.
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