お誕生日おめでとうございます

Japanese

Japanese phrasebook

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Kanji in this term
誕	生	日
たん Grade: 6	しょう > じょう Grade: 1	ひ > び Grade: 1

Alternative spelling
御誕生日おめでとう御座います

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːbʲi o̞me̞de̞to̞ː ɡo̞za̠ima̠sɨ̥]

Interjection

お誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)おめでとうございます • (o-tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu) 

1. happy birthday

Synonyms

• 誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)おめでとう (tanjōbi omedetō)
• (informal) ハッピーバースデー (happī bāsudē), ハピバ (hapiba), HPB(ハピバ) (hapiba), HBD(ハッピーバースデー) (happī bāsudē)