See also: 彌生

Chinese

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

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

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.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(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

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Proper noun

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()(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
  5. a surname
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
いや
Grade: S
お(い)
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
彌生 (kyūjitai)

Possibly from Old Japanese.

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

Noun

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(いや)(おい) (iyaoiいやおひ (iyaofi)?

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

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN