生む

Japanese
Kanji in this term
生
う
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

生む (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うむ, rōmaji umu)

  1. give birth to; bear (a child); (of eggs) lay; (of fish) spawn
  2. produce (something)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "生む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 生ま うま uma
Continuative (連用形) 生み うみ umi
Terminal (終止形) 生む うむ umu
Attributive (連体形) 生む うむ umu
Hypothetical (仮定形) 生め うめ ume
Imperative (命令形) 生め うめ ume
Key constructions
Passive 生まれる うまれる umareru
Causative 生ませる
生ます		 うませる
うます		 umaseru
umasu
Potential 生める うめる umeru
Volitional 生もう うもう umō
Negative 生まない うまない umanai
Negative continuative 生まず うまず umazu
Formal 生みます うみます umimasu
Perfective 生んだ うんだ unda
Conjunctive 生んで うんで unde
Hypothetical conditional 生めば うめば umeba

Antonyms

References
  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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