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誕生日ケーキ (たんじょうびケーキ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

誕たん生じょう日びケーキ

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Meanings

1

birthday cake

A cake made or bought for a birthday celebration. Often decorated with candles and a message.

友とも達だちの誕たん生じょう日びに、手て作づくりの誕たん生じょう日びケーキをプレゼント

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I gave my friend a homemade birthday cake for their birthday.

誕たん生じょう日びケーキのろうそくを吹ふき消けすのは楽たのしい。

Blowing out the candles on a birthday cake is fun.

Kanji

誕nativity, be born, declension
生life, genuine, birth
日day, sun, Japan

Related words

ケーキ
General term for cake; 誕生日ケーキ specifies a cake for a birthday.
バースデーケーキ
Synonymous loanword from English; 誕生日ケーキ is the more common Japanese compound.

Built from

誕たん生じょう日び+ケーキ

Etymology

Compound of 誕生日 (tanjōbi, 'birthday') and ケーキ (kēki, from English 'cake').