How to say happy birthday in Japenese?

Saying “Happy birthday” in Japanese is one of the things that people wish that they can do, especially if they would like to learn a new language.

• Happy birthday in Japanese would be written as “お誕生日おめでとうございます.”

• If you would like to say it, you will pronounce it as “Otanjobiomedatogozaimasu.”

• Take note that it will be a bit different if you would say it in a greeting. The simplest version is going to be “o-tanjoubi omedetou.”

• If you are going to greet someone who is older than you or you want to sound more polite, you will say, “o-tanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu.”

• Some would say it similarly to “Happy birthday,” but instead, it would come out as “happii baasudee!”

It was sometime in the 1950s when the Japanese culture began to embrace Western culture and celebrate the individual birthday of someone. Before this, all Japanese birthdays were observed over the New Year.

• If you want to speak happy birthday in Japanese, you will typically say “otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu.”

• If the individual is near to you, you will disregard the o and the gozaimasu, which are considered more formal and proper, and say “tanjoubi omedetou.”

• You should add an expression of gratitude as a form of respect for authority figures.

• Add a name to make it personal.

• For your spouse or your partner, say “Aisuru anatani otanjo biomedetou,” which means happy birthday, my love.