記念日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
記	念	日
き Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 4	ひ > び Grade: 1
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

記念 (kinen, “anniversary”) +‎ 日 (bi, “day”) The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きね​んび [kìnéꜜǹbì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kʲinẽ̞mbʲi]

Noun

記(き)念(ねん)日(び) • (kinenbi) 

1. anniversary (day an exact number of years since an event)

   記念日(きねんび)を祝(いわ)う

   kinenbi o iwau

   Celebrate an anniversary