Yayoi
/jɑːˈjɔɪ/noun
usu. as modifier
- Archaeology a Japanese culture following the Jomon period and dated to c.300 BC-AD 300. It was marked by the introduction of rice cultivation, and the appearance of large burial mounds has suggested the emergence of an increasingly powerful ruling class.【考古】弥生时代（日本继绳纹文化之后的文化, 约自公元前300年至公元300年; 以引进稻米种植为特征, 大型陵墓的出现表明越来越强大的统治阶级的兴起）。
词源
early 20th cent.: Japanese， the name of a street in Tokyo where its characteristic pottery （chiefly wheel-made） was first discovered.