生み・産み|うみumi[0]heiban (flat)
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- no-adjectivebirth; giving birth
- nouncreating; bringing into the world
- Synonym出産しゅっさんNeutralThe neutral, standard word for childbirth, common in formal use; 「生み」 mostly appears in compounds such as 「生みの親」.
- Synonymお産おさんCasualColloquial for childbirth, with a warm, familiar feel, as in 「お産が近い」; 「生み」 mostly appears in compounds.
- Synonym分娩ぶんべんWrittenWritten/formal prose: childbirth as a medical process; 「生み」 mostly appears in compounds.
- Related産さんWrittenWritten; covers birth or a place of origin, as in 「北海道産」; 「生み」 covers both birth and creation.
- Antonym殺しころしCasualColloquial for killing; the opposite of 「生み」 in terms of life and death.
- Antonym滅ぼしWrittenWritten; destroying or bringing to ruin, the opposite of 「生み」 as creating and bringing into the world.
「生み」 mostly appears in compounds like 「生みの親」 and 「生みの苦しみ」 for birth or creation. For childbirth pick 「出産」 or the colloquial 「お産」; medical writing uses 「分娩」; 「産」 marks origin, as in 「北海道産」. The opposite is 「殺し」.
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