はらむ・孕む・妊む・胎むharamu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto conceive; to become pregnant
2. godan verb, transitive verbto get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with
   帆ほがいっぱいに風かぜをはらんだ。↗

   The wind filled the sails.
3. godan verb, transitive verbto contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.); to involve (e.g. risk)
4. godan verb, intransitive verbto be swollen and ripe (of a plant ear, head, sprout, etc.)

• Synonym懐妊かいにんWrittenWritten register: a dignified, safe word for pregnancy. Adding 「ご」 gives 「ご懐妊」, an honorific used of the imperial family; 「孕む」 is plainer and more direct.
• Synonym受胎じゅたいWrittenWritten register: conception or fertilization, with a medical, biological flavor; more objective and clinical than 「孕む」.
• Synonym懐胎かいたいWrittenWritten register: means the same as 「懐妊」 but is rarely used and sounds somewhat old-fashioned.
• Related宿すやどすNeutralNeutral: to hold or harbor something within, as in 「命を宿す」「光を宿す」; has a literary flavor.
• Related身ごもるみごもるNeutralNeutral: to become pregnant, softer and more graceful than 「孕む」, and said mainly of people.

Everyday speech says 「妊娠する」. 「孕む」 covers people and animals (「子を孕む」) and figurative senses like 「危険を孕む」「風を孕んだ帆」. Formal: 「懐妊」 (「ご懐妊」 for the imperial family); 「受胎」 medical; 「懐胎」 rare, old-fashioned; 「身ごもる」 softer, for people; 「宿す」 literary.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 胎内たいないに子供こどもを宿やどす。妊娠にんしんする。
2. 穂ほが出でようとして膨ふくらむ。
3. 中なかに含ふくむ。
4. それを受うけてふくらむ。