Birth
noun, verbal noun
Give birth to life! That is a birth.
The 誕 reading is what you'd expect. But for 生, this uses the slightly less common secondary reading, so here’s a mnemonic to help you:
Just imagine the birth of your friend Joe (じょう), the local farmhand. He’s such a massive guy, it must have been quite the ordeal...
トーフグはどうやって誕生したんですか？
How did Tofugu come about?
その男は、一九八五年にアメリカで誕生した。
The man was born in the United States in 1985.
私の誕生日は四月八日で、お釈迦様の誕生日と同じ日です。
My birthday is April 8th, which is the same birthday as Buddha’s.