Illustration: In a Japanese maternity hospital delivery room, a mother reclines with a freshly dried newborn resting against her chest beneath a warm towel. Her hair is damp, her face tired and relieved, and one hand cups the baby's tiny back.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

誕たん生じょう

tanjou

birth

Here it refers to a person’s birth. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれらは最初さいしょの子供こどもの誕生たんじょうを喜よろこんだ。
They were pleased at the birth of their first child.
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誕生たんじょうは、ある意味いみでは、死しの始はじめである。
Birth is, in a manner, the beginning of death.
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祖父そふは私わたしの誕生たんじょうのすぐ後ごに死しんだ。
My grandfather died shortly after my birth.
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Kanji in 誕生

誕nativity; be bornOnタン
生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・いける

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