出産|しゅっさんshussan[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbchildbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; parturition
    彼女かのじょは健康けんこうな赤ん坊あかんぼうを出産しゅっさんしました。↗
    She gave birth to a healthy baby.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbproduction (of goods)
Conjugation
Dictionary form出産する(しゅっさんする)
Polite (masu)出産します(しゅっさんします)
Negative (nai)出産しない(しゅっさんしない)
polite (masen)出産しません(しゅっさんしません)
classical zu / nu出産せず・出産せぬ(しゅっさんせず・しゅっさんせぬ)
Past (ta)出産した(しゅっさんした)
polite (mashita)出産しました(しゅっさんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)出産しなかった(しゅっさんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)出産しませんでした(しゅっさんしませんでした)
Te form出産して(しゅっさんして)
Potential出産できる(しゅっさんできる)
Passive出産される(しゅっさんされる)
Causative出産させる(しゅっさんさせる)
Causative passive出産させられる(しゅっさんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)出産すれば(しゅっさんすれば)
tara出産したら(しゅっさんしたら)
Volitional出産しよう(しゅっさんしよう)
polite (mashou)出産しましょう(しゅっさんしましょう)
Imperative出産しろ(しゅっさんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonymお産おさんCasualColloquial and warm way to say having a baby, as in 「お産が近い」; 「出産」 is the more formal word.
  • Synonym分娩ぶんべんNeutralA medical term for delivery, as in 「無痛分娩」; centers on the physiological process of birth.
  • Synonym生むうむNeutralThe verb for bearing a child (「子を産む」); also means to produce or yield, as in 「利益を生む」.
  • Synonym生みうみNeutralRefers to giving birth; used mostly in compounds such as 「生みの親」.
  • Related産み落とすうみおとすNeutralTo give birth to or drop (a calf, foal) or lay an egg; used mainly of animals or in literary style.
  • Antonym流産りゅうざんNeutralMeans miscarriage, the opposite of 「出産」.

Use 「出産」 for childbirth in general, as in 「出産予定日」 and 「出産祝い」. Colloquially say 「お産」; in medical contexts 「分娩」. The verb is 「産む」; 「産み落とす」 suits animals or literary style, 「生み」 appears in compounds. 「流産」 is the opposite.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 子こが生うまれること。また、産うむこと。分娩ぶんべん。お産さん。
  2. 産物さんぶつができること。産出さんしゅつ。
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