Illustration: An older couple sits at their dining table with a small celebratory cake and a framed wedding photograph placed between them. The photograph shows their younger selves sharing a piece of cake, and they are playfully recreating that exact pose now.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

記き念ねん日び

kinenbi

anniversary, commemorative day

Example sentences

  1. 今日きょうは両親りょうしんの結婚けっこん記念日きねんびです。

    Today is my parents' wedding anniversary.

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  2. 私わたしたちの結婚けっこん記念日きねんびはもうすぐです。

    Our wedding anniversary is coming soon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 今日きょうは独立どくりつ記念日きねんびです。

    Today is Independence Day.

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Kanji in 記念日

  • 記scribe; accountOnキKunしるす
  • 念wish; senseOnネン
  • 日sun; dayOnニチ・ジツKunひ

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