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])[1]
  • 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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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