生まれる・産まれる|うまれるumareru[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N5approx.Common
Which spelling to use
生まれる生まれる is the most common form and the one beginners should normally choose when writing the word.
産まれる産まれる is a less common written variant of 生まれる. You may encounter it, but beginners should generally choose 生まれる instead.
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be born
    あなたは何なん座ざ生うまれですか。↗
    What sign were you born under?
Conjugation
Dictionary form生まれる(うまれる)
Polite (masu)生まれます(うまれます)
Negative (nai)生まれない(うまれない)
polite (masen)生まれません(うまれません)
classical zu / nu生まれず・生まれぬ(うまれず・うまれぬ)
Past (ta)生まれた(うまれた)
polite (mashita)生まれました(うまれました)
Past negative (nakatta)生まれなかった(うまれなかった)
polite (masen deshita)生まれませんでした(うまれませんでした)
Te form生まれて(うまれて)
Potential生まれられる(うまれられる)
Passive生まれられる(うまれられる)
Causative生まれさせる(うまれさせる)
Causative passive生まれさせられる(うまれさせられる)
Conditional (ba)生まれれば(うまれれば)
tara生まれたら(うまれたら)
Volitional生まれよう(うまれよう)
polite (mashou)生まれましょう(うまれましょう)
Imperative生まれろ(うまれろ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive生まれるうまれる⇄transitive生むうむ
子こが生うまれる
子こを生うむ
生まれる focuses on the child coming into existence (the child is born), while 生む focuses on the mother's act of giving birth (she bears a child).

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym誕生たんじょうNeutralSino-Japanese word for a person's birth or the birth of something new, as in 「誕生日」 and 「新政権の誕生」.
  • Synonym出生しゅっしょうWrittenWritten word for birth, used mainly in household registration and statistics, as in 「出生届」 and 「出生率」.
  • Synonym生誕せいたんFormalFormal word for the birth of a famous person, as in 「生誕百年」; carries a solemn tone.
  • Synonym生じるしょうじるNeutralFor problems, differences and the like arising, as in 「誤差が生じる」; 「生命が生じる」 is also possible, but a person's birth is 「生まれる」.
  • Synonym生まれ落ちるうまれおちるWrittenA literary word for being born, stressing the very moment of birth.
  • Synonym生まれ出るうまれでるWrittenWritten word for new things coming into being or appearing; less common than 「生まれる」.
  • Related芽生えるめばえるNeutralSaid of plants budding and, figuratively, of feelings starting to grow, as in 「友情が芽生える」.
  • Related生ずるしょうずるWrittenWritten word for things arising or occurring, mostly problems and changes; occasionally 「子を生ずる」, but everyday speech uses 「生まれる」.
  • Antonym死ぬしぬNeutralThe direct opposite of 「生まれる」: life coming to an end, i.e. to die.
  • Antonym亡くなるなくなるNeutralA polite euphemism for 「死ぬ」, meaning to pass away.

Use 「生まれる」 as the default for being born. For official records and statistics pick 「出生」; for a birth or the rise of something new pick 「誕生」 (as in 「誕生日」); for a famous figure's birth pick 「生誕」. 「芽生える」 fits budding feelings, 「生ずる」 and 「生じる」 fit problems or changes arising, and 「死ぬ」 or 「亡くなる」 are the antonyms.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 子こが母体ぼたいから離はなれて外そとへ出でる。
  2. 卵たまごから孵かえる。
  3. 今いままで無なかったものが新あらたに作り出つくりだされる。
Kanji in this word
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