生む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 生 |
| う Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 産む
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) うむ [ùmú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
生む (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うむ, rōmaji umu)
- give birth to; bear (a child); (of eggs) lay; (of fish) spawn
- produce (something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "生む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 生ま | うま | uma |
| Continuative (連用形) | 生み | うみ | umi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 生む | うむ | umu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 生む | うむ | umu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 生め | うめ | ume |
| Imperative (命令形) | 生め | うめ | ume |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 生まれる | うまれる | umareru |
| Causative | 生ませる 生ます | うませる うます | umaseru umasu |
| Potential | 生める | うめる | umeru |
| Volitional | 生もう | うもう | umō |
| Negative | 生まない | うまない | umanai |
| Negative continuative | 生まず | うまず | umazu |
| Formal | 生みます | うみます | umimasu |
| Perfective | 生んだ | うんだ | unda |
| Conjunctive | 生んで | うんで | unde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 生めば | うめば | umeba |
Related terms
- 生まれる (umareru)
Antonyms
- 殺す (korosu, “put to death; kill”)
References
- 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN