生まれる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
生れる
産まれる

Etymology

From the 受身形 (ukemikei, passive form) of 生む (umu, to give birth to"), hence the meaning "to be born".

Also attested in its Classical Japanese form 生まる (umaru), following 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「生まれる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
生まれる まれる
Imperative (命令形) 生まれろ まれろ
Key constructions
Passive 生まれられる まれられる
Causative 生まれさせる まれさせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 生まれよう まれよ
Negative 生まれない まれない
Negative perfective 生まれなかった まれなかった
Formal 生まれます まれま
Perfective 生まれた まれた
Conjunctive 生まれて まれて
Hypothetical conditional 生まれれば まれれ

Verb

()まれる (umareruintransitive ichidan (stem ()まれ (umare), past ()まれた (umareta))

  1. to be born
    (わたし)()まれる(まえ)()(だい)
    watashi ga umareru mae no jidai
    the time before I was born
    (おんな)()()まれたかった
    onna no ko ni umaretakatta
    I wish I was born as a girl
    (だん)(せい)()まれてよかった
    dansei ni umarete yokatta
    I'm glad I was born a guy
    • 1937 July 20, Osamu Dazai, 二十世紀旗手 (fiction), 版画荘:
      (うま)れてすみません
      Umarete, sumimasen.
      I'm sorry to be born.
  2. to come into existence

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.