Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
産む

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 720 CE.[1]

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() (umutransitive godan (stem () (umi), past ()んだ (unda))

  1. to give birth to; to bear (a child); (of eggs) to lay; (of fish) to spawn
  2. to produce (something)
    美風(びふう)()
    bifū o umu
    produce a good custom
    (さび)()
    sabi o umu
    produce rust

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References edit

  1. ^ 産・生”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN