誕生日
Japanese
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 (o-tanjōbi)
Pronunciation
Noun
誕生日 • (tanjōbi) ←たんじやうび (tanzyaubi)?
Derived terms
- 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)
- お誕生日席 (o-tanjōbi-seki)
- 天皇誕生日 (Tennō Tanjōbi)
Related terms
- 聖名祝日 (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
誕生日 • (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][1] (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)
Usage notes
- (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).