誕生日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誕	生	日

Etymology

/tanzyaubi/ > /tanzyoːbi/ [tandʑoːbi]. Compound of tanjō (“birth”) and hi (“day”), voiced due to compounding.

Noun

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

1. the day that one was born; a birthday

Related terms

• 誕生 (tanjō)

Derived terms

• 誕生日プレゼント (tanjōbi purezento)
• 誕生日おめでとう (tanjōbi omedetō)
• お誕生日おめでとうございます (o tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu)

See also

• 聖名祝日 (seimei shukujitsu)
• 誕生日 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia