誕生日

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 6
しょう > じょう
Grade: 1
ひ > び
Grade: 1
kan'on goon kun'yomi

Compound of 誕生 (tanjō, birth) +‎ (hi, day).

The hi reading for changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(たん)(じょう)() (tanjōbiたんじやうび (tanzyaubi)?

  1. a birthday
    Synonyms: 誕辰 (tanshin), バースデー (bāsudē)
    Antonyms: 忌日 (kinichi), 命日 (meinichi)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: 6
しょう > じょう
Grade: 1
にち
Grade: 1
kan'on goon

From 誕生 (tanjō, birth) +‎ (-nichi, counter for day of a month).

Noun

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(たん)(じょう)(にち) (tanjōnichiたんじやうにち (tanzyauniti)?

  1. (rare) a birthday

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 たんじょう‐び[タンジャウ‥] 【誕生日】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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誕生日 (tansaeng'il) (hangeul 탄생일)

  1. hanja form? of 탄생일 (a birthday)

Usage notes

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  • 誕生日 (탄생일) is only used in modern Korean when discussing the birthdate/birthday of an important figure. Nonetheless, it can be recognized more as a general word for birthday by the elderly in South Korea, especially the word 誕生 (탄생).