弥生

See also: 彌生

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 弥生 – see 彌生 (“Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan; the former town of Yayoi, Ōita, Japan”). (This term is the simplified form of 彌生).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
弥	生
や Grade: S	お(い) > よ(い) Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
彌生 (kyūjitai)

/ijaopi/ → /ijaofi/ → */jaofi/ → /jajofi/ → /jajowi/ → /jajoi/

Shift from iyaoi below.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やよい [yàyóí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠jo̞i]

Noun

弥(や)生(よい) • (yayoi) ^{←やよひ (yayofi)?}

1. (archaic) the third month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) the month of spring; March

Coordinate terms: 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走

Derived terms

• 弥(や)生(よい)狂(きょう)言(げん) (yayoi kyōgen)
• 弥(や)生(よい)尽(じん) (yayoijin)
• 弥(や)生(よい)山(やま) (yayoi yama)

Proper noun

弥(や)生(よい) • (Yayoi) ^{←やよひ (yayofi)?}

1. a Kamikaze-class destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy

   Hypernym: 神風 (Kamikaze)

2. a Mutsuki-class destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, see Japanese destroyer Yayoi (1925) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

   Hypernym: 睦月 (Mutsuki)

3. a placename, especially the name of a district in Bunkyō Ward, Tokyo
4. a female given name
   • 1997 October 17, Seimaru Amagi with Kanari, Yozaburo and Sato, Fumiya, “ファイル18　魔(ま)神(じん)遺(い)跡(せき)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)⑪”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) (金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ)), volume 26 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 105:

     三(さん)月(がつ)に生(う)まれた私(わたし)が「弥(や)生(よい)」だから　五(ご)月(がつ)に生(う)まれたあなたは「さつき」にしようって———

     Sangatsu ni umareta watashi ga “Yayoi” da kara Gogatsu ni umareta anata wa “Satsuki” ni shiyōtte———

     I’m “Yayoi” because I was born in March. We named you “Satsuki” because you were born in May———

5. a surname

Derived terms

• 弥(や)生(よい)時(じ)代(だい) (Yayoi jidai)
• 弥(や)生(よい)土(ど)器(き) (Yayoi doki), 弥(や)生(よい)式(しき)土(ど)器(き) (Yayoi-shiki doki)
• 弥(や)生(よい)文(ぶん)化(か) (Yayoi bunka)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
弥	生
いや Grade: S	お(い) Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
彌生 (kyūjitai)

Possibly from Old Japanese.

Derived from adverb 弥 (iya, “very”) +‎ 生い (oi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of classical verb 生う (ou), “to grow”).

Noun

弥(いや)生(おい) • (iyaoi) ^{←いやおひ (yaofi)?}

1. (of vegetation) thick growth
2. (obsolete) the third month of the lunar calendar

Derived terms

• 弥(いや)生(おい)の月(つき) (iyaoi no tsuki)

Coordinate terms

• (Japanese calendar months) 睦(む)月(つき) (mutsuki), 如月(きさらぎ) (kisaragi), 弥(や)生(よい) (yayoi), 卯(う)月(づき) (uzuki), 皐(さ)月(つき) (satsuki), 水(み)無(な)月(づき) (minazuki), 文(ふみ)月(づき) (fumizuki), 葉(は)月(づき) (hazuki), 長(なが)月(つき) (nagatsuki), 神(かん)無(な)月(づき) (kannazuki), 霜(しも)月(つき) (shimotsuki), 師(し)走(わす) (shiwasu) ^{(Category: ja:Japanese calendar months)}

See also

See also

• 三(さん)月(がつ) (sangatsu, “March”)
• 桜(さくら)月(づき) (sakurazuki)
• 早(さ)花(はな)咲(さ)月(づき) (sahanasazuki)
• 竹(たけ)の秋(あき) (take no aki)
• 花(はな)つ月(づき) (hanatsuzuki)
• 花(はな)見(み)月(づき) (hanami-zuki)
• 祓(はら)え月(づき), 禊(はらえ)月(づき) (haraezuki)
• 春(はる)惜(お)しみ月(づき) (haruoshimizuki)
• 夢(ゆめ)見(み)月(づき) (yumemizuki)
• 佳(か)月(げつ), 嘉(か)月(げつ) (kagetsu)
• 季(き)春(しゅん) (kishun)
• 禊(けい)月(げつ) (keigetsu)
• 姑(こ)洗(せん), 沽(こ)洗(せん) (kosen)
• 殿(でん)春(しゅん) (denshun)
• 晩(ばん)春(しゅん) (banshun)
• 暮(ぼ)春(しゅん) (boshun)
• 暮(ぼ)律(りつ) (boritsu)