縄文

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★★ 3/5 neutral じょうもんjōmon
読み じょうもん
ローマ字 jōmon
漢字の分解 縄 (jō/nawa) — rope, cord; 文 (mon/bun) — pattern, writing, culture
発音 /dʑoː.moɴ/

意味

The Jōmon period; Japan's prehistoric era (c. 14,000–300 BCE) characterised by cord-patterned pottery and a hunter-gatherer culture.

A historical noun referring to Japan's earliest known cultural period. 縄文時代 is defined by the distinctive 縄文土器 (cord-marked pottery), among the world's oldest ceramics. The Jōmon people sustained themselves by hunting, gathering, and fishing. The period ended with the arrival of the Yayoi culture from the continent, which introduced wet-rice agriculture. The word literally means 'rope pattern'.

例文

  1. 縄文時代の土器は世界最古の陶磁器の一つとされている。
  2. 縄文人は縄文時代を通じて狩猟と採集によって生活していた。
  3. 縄文遺跡の発掘調査から、当時の食生活が明らかになってきた。

使い方ガイド

場面: archaeology, Japanese history, prehistory, education, museums

トーン: academic

起源と歴史

The name 縄文 comes from 縄 (rope, cord) and 文 (pattern), describing the characteristic cord-impressed designs pressed into the pottery's surface. The term was coined by American zoologist and archaeologist Edward S. Morse after excavating the Ōmori shell mound in 1877.

文化的背景

時代: Prehistoric (14,000–300 BCE)

世代: Students and academics

社会的背景: Universal

関連フレーズ

年度 Fiscal year; academic year; official year. A defined annual period used for administrative, educational, or financial purposes, often not aligned with the calendar year. 昭和 The Shōwa era; the imperial reign period of Emperor Hirohito, spanning 1926 to 1989. One of the longest and most historically eventful eras in Japanese history. 歴史的 Historic; historical. Describes something of great historical significance, or something related to history in general. 元号 Era name; the official name given to a reign period in the Japanese imperial system. Japan currently uses the era Reiwa, which began in 2019. 干支 The Chinese zodiac; the traditional sexagenary cycle combining the ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches. Also used colloquially to refer to one's zodiac animal sign. 年号 Era name; Japanese era designation. An official name given to a reign period in the traditional Japanese calendar system. 年度末 End of the fiscal year or academic year; year-end in the Japanese administrative calendar. Typically refers to late March. 戦前 Pre-war; the period before a war. In Japanese, typically refers to Japan before World War II, particularly before 1937 or 1941.
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