Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yayoi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: yay-oi
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE).

name

A female given name from Japanese.

Etymology

From Japanese 弥生.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 弥生

Questions

What does yayoi mean?: An ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE).
Where does yayoi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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