# 弥生
## 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: [ja̠jo̞i]

#### Noun

弥(や)生(よい) • (yayoi)
* (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)
* 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)
* (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

* 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)

### 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

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (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