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My friend's birthday was yesterday. Is there any **interesting** way to say
"Happy Belated Birthday" such as 御誕生昨日, 御誕生先日, 御誕生前日

Will it translate or will it just seem strange?

Note: I am not trying to just say "sorry I forgot your birthday, happy belated
birthday". Rather I'm trying to be cute with language play

In English I can make any numbrer of dumb jokes any pretty much anyone fluent
in English will get it.

  * Happy Day After your Birthday!
  * Happy Un-Birthday! (reference to Alice in Wonderland).
  * Happy Birth(Yester)day!
  * Happy 3 days after 2 days before your Birthday

They might not be funny haha but pretty much any one fluent in English would
get what is trying to be said and get that message and intention.

Is there a way to say something similar in Japanese?
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Pun/Joke way of saying "Happy Belated Birthday"
> 御誕生昨日, 御誕生先日, 御誕生前日  
>  Will it translate or will it just seem strange?

These won't make much sense, and I don't think they'd look/sound really
interesting or funny, I'm afraid.

As you might already know, we usually say "Happy Belated Birthday" as
「遅くなったけど、お誕生日おめでとう」「遅れてしまったけど、お誕生日おめでとう」 or maybe 「過ぎちゃったけど、お誕生日おめでとう」 etc.

I think you could jokingly say to friends something like...

> 「お誕生日の次の日おめでとう。」  
>  「お誕生日プラス１日おめでとう。」
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Allow me to suggest one for a joke:

> 今日もお誕生日おめでとう

You can think of it as "Happy Birthday to you, today as well."

It may elicit an unhappy and maybe angry response, the kind that might only be
safe to fool around with friends with. At the very least you'll get a
何それ、意味分かんない
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