Word Meaning 弥生時代

やよいじだい yayoijidai

弥生時代 is read as やよいじだい (yayoijidai) and means Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE).

Meaning

English

  1. Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)

Reading

Kana

やよいじだい

Romaji

yayoijidai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 45570 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

学生時代

がくせいじだい

student days

弥生

やよい

thick growth (of grass, etc.)

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

旧石器時代

きゅうせっきじだい

Paleolithic

石器時代

せっきじだい

Stone Age

江戸時代

えどじだい

Edo period (1603-1868)

正統カリフ時代

せいとうかりふじだい

Rashidun period (period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs; 632-661 CE)

昭和時代

しょうわじだい

Shōwa period (1926-1989)

Example Sentences

1

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.