Japanese

Noun

弥生 ‎(hiragana やよい, romaji yayoi, historical hiragana やよひ)

1. (archaic) the third month of the lunar calendar
2. (poetic) March

See also

• (Japanese calendar months) 睦月 (むつき) ‎(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) ^{(Category: ja:Japanese months)}

Proper noun

弥生 ‎(hiragana やよい, romaji Yayoi, historical hiragana やよひ)

1. A female given name
   • 1997 July 17, Seimaru Amagi; Fumiya Sato, “魔ま神じん遺い跡せき殺さつ人じん事じ件けん① [The Murder Case at the Demonic Ruins ①]”, in 金きん田だ一いち少しょう年ねんの事じ件けん簿ぼ [The Kindaichi Case Files], volume 25 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, ISBN 4-06-312431-2:

     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———

1. a placename

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3