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.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やよい [yàyóí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠jo̞i]

Noun

弥(や)生(よい) • (yayoi) ^{←やよひ (yayofi)^?}

(archaic) the third month of the lunar calendar
(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)^?}

a Kamikaze-class destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy
Hypernym: 神風 (Kamikaze)
a Mutsuki-class destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, see Japanese destroyer Yayoi (1925) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hypernym: 睦月 (Mutsuki)
a placename, especially the name of a district in Bunkyō Ward, Tokyo
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 [File 18: The Demonic Ruins Murder Case 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) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], 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———
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”) +‎ 生ひ (ofi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of classical verb 生ふ (ofu), “to grow”; modern spellings 生い (oi), 生う (ou)).

Noun

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

(of vegetation) thick growth
(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 monthsedit

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)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

[1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

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