Word Meaning 縄文

じょうもん joumon

縄文 is read as じょうもん (joumon) and means Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE).

Meaning

English

Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware

Reading

Kana

じょうもん

Romaji

joumon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 11827 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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縄文時代

じょうもんじだい

Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

縄文人

じょうもんじん

Jōmon people

縄文字

なわもじ

quipu

縄文式土器

じょうもんしきどき

straw-rope pattern pottery

縄文土器

じょうもんどき

straw rope-patterned ancient Japanese pottery

続縄文時代

ぞくじょうもんじだい

post-Jōmon period (mainly Hokkaido; 3rd to 7th century BCE)

先縄文時代

せんじょうもんじだい

pre-Jomon period (i.e. the preceramic period)

結縄文字

けつじょうもじ

knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.

縄張り

なわばり

territory (of an animal)

縄

なわ

policeman's rope

縄跳び

なわとび

skipping

縄張り行動

なわばりこうどう

territorial behavior