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縄文時代 (じょうもんじだい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

縄じょう文もん時じ代だい

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Meanings

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noun

Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

historical term

Historical term for the Japanese Neolithic period known for cord-marked pottery and hunter-gatherer culture.

縄じょう文もん時じ代だいの土ど器きは縄なわ目めの模も様ようが特とく徴ちょうです。
Pottery from the Jōmon period is characterized by cord-marked patterns.

この遺い跡せきは縄じょう文もん時じ代だいの集しゅう落らく跡あとです。

This site is the remains of a Jōmon period settlement.

Kanji

縄straw rope, cord
文sentence, literature, style
時time, hour
代substitute, change, convert

Similar words

弥生やよい時じ代だい
The Yayoi period (ca. 1000 BCE–300 CE) followed the Jōmon period and introduced rice agriculture and metal tools.
旧きゅう石せっ器き時じ代だい
The Paleolithic period in Japan preceded the Jōmon period and is characterized by stone tools and a nomadic lifestyle.

Etymology

From 縄文 (jōmon, 'cord-marked') + 時代 (jidai, 'period'). Named after the distinctive cord-marked pottery of the era.