How to say "miscarriage" in Japanese

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  • 流産りゅうざんCommon
    noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe word for the medical sense: the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy. Use it when 'miscarriage' refers to losing a baby during pregnancy.
    流産りゅうざんはとても辛つらい経験けいけんです。↗
    Miscarriage is a heart-breaking experience.
  • 不成立ふせいりつCommon
    nounCovers 'miscarriage' in the abstract sense of something failing, falling through, or being rejected; a typical context is a bill or motion that does not pass.

Choose 流産 for the medical sense of 'miscarriage', the loss of a pregnancy, and 不成立 for the abstract sense of something such as a bill or motion failing, falling through, or being rejected.

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