誕生石

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誕	生	石
たん Grade: 6	しょう > じょう Grade: 1	せき Grade: 1
kan’on	goon	kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 誕生 (tanjō, “birth”) +‎ 石 (seki, “stone”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) たんじょーせき [tàńjóꜜòsèkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
IPA^(key): [tã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːse̞kʲi]

Noun

誕(たん)生(じょう)石(せき) • (tanjōseki) ^{←たんじやうせき (tanzyauseki)^?}

a birthstone
- 2007 March 15, Aoyama, Gosho, “ゴールデン・アイの巻(まき)【前(ぜん)編(ぺん)】 [Golden Eye [First Chapter]]”, in まじっく快(かい)斗(と) [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:
  
  少(しょう)女(じょ)の誕(たん)生(じょう)石(せき)をサファイアだと聞(き)いてあなたは誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)が近(ちか)いと答(こた)えた
  Shōjo no tanjōseki o safaia da to kiite anata wa tanjōbi ga chikai to kotaeta
  You replied that your birthdays were close when she said her birthstone was sapphire

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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