弥生

やよい

Also written いやおい

Meanings

1. Noun third month of the lunar calendar
2. Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture See also: 弥生時代 (やよいじだい).
3. thick growth (of grass, etc.)

Kanji

• 弥 ever more. Read as や.
• 生 life

Words containing 弥生

• 弥生時代 (やよいじだい) Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)
• 弥生人 (やよいじん) Yayoi people
• 弥生土器 (やよいどき) Yayoi pottery

And 4 more.

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