誕生日

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Birthday

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
誕	生	日
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”) +‎ 日 (hi, “day”).

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

Alternative forms

(honorific) お誕生日(たんじょうび) (o-tanjōbi)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たんじょーび (Nakadaka – )^[2]^[3]^[1]
IPA^(key):

(Kyoto) たんじょーび (Kōki)^[1]

Noun

誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) • (tanjōbi) ^{←たんじやうび (tanzyaubi)^?}

a birthday
Synonyms: 誕辰 (tanshin), バースデー (bāsudē)

Antonyms: 忌日 (kinichi), 命日 (meinichi)

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)
お誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)席(せき) (o-tanjōbi-seki)
天(てん)皇(のう)誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) (Tennō Tanjōbi)

Related terms

聖(せい)名(めい)祝(しゅく)日(じつ) (seimei shukujitsu)

Etymology 2

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

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

Noun

誕(たん)生(じょう)日(にち) • (tanjōnichi) ^{←たんじやうにち (tanzyauniti)^?}

(rare) a birthday

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “たんじょう‐び［タンジャウ‥］【誕生日】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

Hanja in this term
誕	生	日

Noun

誕生日 • (tansaeng'il) (hangeul 탄생일)

hanja form^? of 탄생일 (“a birthday”)

Usage notes

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).

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