transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjō-ˌmän ]
adjective
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Japanese jōmon, literally, straw rope pattern; from the decoration on the pottery
Date: 1943
: of, relating to, or typical of a Japanese cultural period from about the fifth or fourth millennium B.C. to about 200 B.C. and characterized by elaborately ornamented hand-formed unglazed pottery