妊娠|にんしんninshin[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpregnancy; conception; gestation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 妊娠する(にんしんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 妊娠します(にんしんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 妊娠しない(にんしんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 妊娠しません(にんしんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 妊娠せず・妊娠せぬ(にんしんせず・にんしんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 妊娠した(にんしんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 妊娠しました(にんしんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 妊娠しなかった(にんしんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 妊娠しませんでした(にんしんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 妊娠して(にんしんして) |
| Potential | 妊娠できる(にんしんできる) |
| Passive | 妊娠される(にんしんされる) |
| Causative | 妊娠させる(にんしんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 妊娠させられる(にんしんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 妊娠すれば(にんしんすれば) |
| tara | 妊娠したら(にんしんしたら) |
| Volitional | 妊娠しよう(にんしんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 妊娠しましょう(にんしんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 妊娠しろ(にんしんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym懐妊かいにんWrittenWritten/formal word for becoming pregnant; not honorific by itself, but with 「ご」 it becomes 「ご懐妊」, often used of royalty and the nobility. 「妊娠」 is the general term.
- Synonym受胎じゅたいWrittenWritten/formal term for conception, also covering pregnancy itself; found mainly in medical and biological writing. 「妊娠」 is the common everyday word.
- Synonym懐胎かいたいWrittenWritten/formal word for being with child, found mostly in religious and classical texts, as in 「処女懐胎」.
- RelatedおめでたCasualColloquial euphemism for a happy event such as a pregnancy or birth, as in 「おめでたです」; 「妊娠」 is the direct, medical way to say it.
- Antonym非妊娠WrittenWritten/formal negative form meaning not pregnant; it stands opposite to 「妊娠」 with respect to whether one is pregnant.
Use 「妊娠」 for pregnancy in medical and everyday contexts. For a euphemistic happy event say 「おめでた」; for a formal honorific tone use 「ご懐妊」; for conception in medical/biological writing use 「受胎」; 「懐胎」 suits religious or classical texts; 「非妊娠」 means not pregnant.
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