誕生日

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Contents

1 Japanese

Japanese[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) たんじょーび [tàńjóꜜòbì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːbʲi]

Noun[edit]

誕生日 (hiragana たんじょうび, rōmaji tanjōbi, historical hiragana たんじゃうび)

birthday (anniversary of the day that one was born)

Derived terms[edit]

誕 (たん)生 (じょう)日 (び)プレゼント (tanjōbi purezento)
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[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

誕 (たん)辰 (しん) (tanshin)

Antonyms[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ 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

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=誕生日&oldid=48242816"