Japanese Conversation · Level 22
90 words
Japanese word
誕生日
Pronunciation
Romajitanjōbi
Meaning
- nounbirthday
Example
誕生日はいつですか？tan jō bi wa i tsu de su ka
When is your birthday?
More examples
友だちの誕生日を祝います。tomo da chi no tan jō bi o iwa i ma su
I celebrate my friend's birthday.
来週が誕生日です。rai shū ga tan jō bi de su
My birthday is next week.
Core concept
Centers on the date that marks a person's birth and returns each year as a personal occasion.
Common phrases
誕生日ケーキtan jō bi kē ki
birthday cake
誕生日プレゼントtan jō bi pu re ze n to
birthday present
誕生日パーティーtan jō bi pā tī
birthday party
誕生日カードtan jō bi kā do
birthday card
Similar words
バースデーbāsudē: An informal borrowed term for the yearly date of a person's birth and the celebration of it.
Definition in Japanese
人が生まれた日、またはその日を毎年祝う日。hito ga u ma re ta hi ma ta wa so no hi o mai toshi iwa u hi
Word origin
The Sino-Japanese compound 誕生日 (tanjōbi) combines 誕生 (tanjō, "birth") with 日 (bi, "day") to mean the day of a person's birth.
Usage tips
- In English, birthday usually refers to the yearly date or celebration, while date of birth includes the year a person was born.