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tanjōbi                        誕生日                            birthday
                -gatsu                         月                              naming classifier for
                                                                              months

               * To count the number of months, use the classifier -kagetsu.


                Shigatsu                       四月                             April

                -ka/-nichi                     日                              classifier for days of the
                                                                              month
                nano-ka                        七日                             the seventh; seven days

                hana                           花                              flower
                hanami                         花見                             cherry blossom viewing

                shīzun                         シーズン                           season
                Omedetō!                       おめでとう!                         Congratulations!

               * To make it more polite, add gozaimasu. おめでとうございます。


                -sai                           才/歳                            classifier for human age

                nan-sai                        何才/何歳                          how many years old
                naru                           なる                             become

                X ni naru                      Xになる                           became X
                mō                             もう                             already; no longer

                mada                           まだ                             still; not yet
                darō                           だろう                            probably (informal
                                                                              version of deshō)



               Trees and flowers
                ki                             木                              tree

                hana                           花                              flower
                kusa                           草                              grass; weed

                sakura                         桜                              cherry

                ume                            梅                              plum
                matsu                          松                              pine
                take                           竹                              bamboo

                bara                           バラ                             rose
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