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Verb (5-dan, む, transitive)
1. to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs)
猫
ねこ
が
子
こ
猫
ねこ
を
四
よん
匹
ひき
生
う
んだ
。
The cat had four kittens.
2. to produce; to yield; to give rise to; to deliver
それは
迷
めい
惑
わく
しか
生
う
みません
。
It only produces trouble.
Alt. forms
生
う
む
81%
産
う
む
17%
う
む
1%
Pitch accent
う
む
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Conjugations...
Used in: 729
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
案
あん
ずるより
うむ
がやすし
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger;
(lit.)
it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
あんずるより
うむ
がやすし
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger;
(lit.)
it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
とんびがたかを
う
む
to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg;
(lit.)
a kite gives birth to a hawk
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Examples (200 in total)
1980
年
ねん
に
うまれました
。
I was born in 1980.
ここで
うまれた
の?
Were you born here?
男
おとこ
に
うまれたかった
なぁ。
I wish I'd been born a man.
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