Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
産声
初声 (dated)
生声 (dated)

Etymology edit

From (うぶ) (ubu) + (こえ) (koe).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

うぶごえ (ubugoeうぶごゑ (ubugowe)?

  1. a baby's first cry

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN