弥生時代

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弥	生	時	代
や Grade: S	お(い) > よ(い) Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2	だい Grade: 3
kun’yomi		on’yomi

Alternative spelling
彌生時代 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Named after Yayoi, Tokyo, where antiques from this era were excavated.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やよいじ​だい [yàyóíjíꜜdàì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠jo̞iʑida̠i]

Proper noun

弥(や)生(よい)時(じ)代(だい) • (Yayoi jidai) 

1. Yayoi period of Japan (roughly from 10th century BC to 3rd century AD)