弥生

See also: 彌生

Japanese

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

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

Shift from iyaoi below.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

弥生 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 彌生, hiragana やよい, rōmaji yayoi, historical hiragana やよひ)

  1. (archaic) the third month of the lunar calendar
  2. (poetic) the month of spring; March
Derived terms
  • 弥生 (やよい)狂 (きょう)言 (げん) (yayoi kyōgen)
  • 弥生 (やよい)尽 (じん) (yayoijin)
  • 弥生 (やよい)山 (やま) (yayoi yama)

Proper noun

弥生 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 彌生, hiragana やよい, rōmaji Yayoi, historical hiragana やよひ)

  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, Amagi, Seimaru; Kanari, Yozaburo; 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「弥生 (やよい)」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
  • 弥生 (やよい)時 (じ)代 (だい) (Yayoi jidai)
  • 弥生 (やよい)土 (ど)器 (き) (Yayoi doki), 弥生 (やよい)式 (しき)土 (ど)器 (き) (Yayoi-shiki doki)
  • 弥生 (やよい)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

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

弥生 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 彌生, hiragana いやおい, rōmaji iyaoi, historical hiragana いやおひ)

  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

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)

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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