産む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
産
う
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
產む (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「産む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		産む うむ
Imperative (命令形) 産め うめ
Key constructions
Passive 産まれる うまれる
Causative 産ませる うませる
Potential 産める うめる
Volitional 産もう うもー
Negative 産まない うまない
Negative perfective 産まなかった うまなかった
Formal 産みます うみます
Perfective 産んだ うんだ
Conjunctive 産んで うんで
Hypothetical conditional 産めば うめば

Verb

産(う)む • (umu) transitive godan (stem 産(う)み (umi), past 産(う)んだ (unda))

  1. Alternative spelling of 生む (“to give birth; to bear”)
    • 1998 June 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “第(だい)６(ろく)話(わ)　呪(のろ)われた手(て) [Chapter 6: The Cursed Hand]”, in 犬(いぬ)夜(や)叉(しゃ) [Inuyasha], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:
      私(わたし)の子(こ)を産(う)んでくだされ。
      Watashi no ko o unde kudasare.
      Please bear my child.

Usage notes

This form is used more narrowly to refer to a mother's delivery of a child.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "産む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 産ま うま uma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 産み うみ umi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 産む うむ umu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 産む うむ umu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 産め うめ ume
Meireikei ("imperative") 産め うめ ume
Key constructions
Passive 産まれる うまれる umareru
Causative 産ませる
産ます 		うませる
うます 		umaseru
umasu
Potential 産める うめる umeru
Volitional 産もう うもう umō
Negative 産まない うまない umanai
Negative continuative 産まず うまず umazu
Formal 産みます うみます umimasu
Perfective 産んだ うんだ unda
Conjunctive 産んで うんで unde
Hypothetical conditional 産めば うめば umeba
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