Word Meaning 弥生

やよい yayoi

弥生 is read as やよい (yayoi) and means thick growth (of grass, etc.).

Meaning

English

thick growth (of grass, etc.)
third month of the lunar calendar
Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)
Yayoi culture

Reading

Kana

やよい

Romaji

yayoi

Writing Variants

弥生いやおい iyaoi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 4374 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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弥生時代

やよいじだい

Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)

弥生人

やよいじん

Yayoi people

弥生山

やよいやま

mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding

弥生狂言

やよいきょうげん

kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)

弥生土器

やよいどき

Yayoi pottery

弥生尽

やよいじん

last day of the third month of the lunar calendar

大阪府立弥生文化博物館

おおさかふりつやよいぶんかはくぶつかん

Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture

衛生

えいせい

hygiene

同級生

どうきゅうせい

classmate

誕生

たんじょう

birth

芝生

しばふ

lawn

派生

はせい

derivation

Example Sentences

弥生の空は晴れ渡っていた。

やよいのそらははれわたっていた。

The March sky was completely clear.

弥生時代には稲作が普及した。

やよいじだいにはいなさくがふきゅうした。

Rice farming became widespread during the Yayoi period.

もー、弥生のナビが判りにくいから、同じトコぐるぐる回ったじゃない。

Hmph, Yayoi's navigation was difficult to follow so we ended up going round and round the same places.

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