誕生日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誕	生	日
たん Grade: 6	しょう > じょう Grade: 1	ひ > び Grade: 1

Etymology

/tanzyaubi/ → /tanzyoːbi/ [tandʑoːbi]. Compound of 誕生 (tanjō, “birth”) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”), voiced due to compounding.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たんじょーび [tàńjóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]

IPA^(key): [tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

誕生日 (hiragana たんじょうび, rōmaji tanjōbi, historical hiragana たんじやうび)

birthday (anniversary of the day that one was born)

Derived terms

誕 (たん)生 (じょう)日 (び)おめでとう (tanjōbi omedetō)
お誕 (たん)生 (じょう)日 (び)おめでとうございます (o tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu)

Related terms

誕 (たん)生 (じょう) (tanjō)
聖名祝日 (せいめいしゅくじつ) (seimei shukujitsu)

Synonyms

誕 (たん)辰 (しん) (tanshin)

Antonyms

忌日 (きにち) (kinichi, “deathday”)
命日 (めいにち) (meinichi, “deathday”)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

誕生日 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

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