降誕祭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
降 誕 祭
こう
Grade: 6 		たん
Grade: 6 		さい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

降誕(こうたん) (kōtan, “regal birth”) + 祭(さい) (-sai, “festival”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こーたんさい [kòótáꜜǹsàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːtã̠ɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

降(こう)誕(たん)祭(さい) • (kōtansai) ←かうたんさい (kautansai)?

  1. short for キリスト降誕祭: Christmas

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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