First opened Tuesday, September 16, 2008
生年月日
せいねんがっぴ
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birth date
生年月日, “birth date”, is 生 (“birth”) plus 年 (“year”) plus 月 (“month”) plus 日 (“day”).
Taken apart
No breakdown is shown for this word: Wiktionary's text for it doesn't give a split that spells the word and joins to its reading, and any other split would be a guess.
In a sentence
あなたの生年月日を書きなさい。
Write the date of your birth.
生年月日を教えてくださいますか？
May I have your birth date?
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What Wiktionary says
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- “生 (“birth”) + 年 (“year”) + 月 (“month”) + 日 (“day”).”
Source: Wiktionary: 生年月日 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).