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産む

うむ

to give birth to; to bear (a child); to lay (an egg)

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Examples

  1. 猫が子猫を三匹産んだ。

    ねこがこねこをさんびきうんだ。

    The cat gave birth to three kittens.

  2. 姉は先月、女の子を産んだ。

    あねはせんげつ、おんなのこをうんだ。

    My sister gave birth to a girl last month.

  3. この鶏は毎日卵を産む。

    このにわとりはまいにちたまごをうむ。

    This hen lays an egg every day.

  4. 子供を産むかどうかは本人が決めることだ。

    こどもをうむかどうかはほんにんがきめることだ。

    Whether to have a child is for the person herself to decide.

Common patterns

子供を産む
to give birth to a child
卵を産む
to lay eggs
産まれる
to be born

Memory tip

Same reading, two kanji: 産む is the physical act of giving birth or laying eggs, while 生む is for producing things and results — 利益を生む 'to yield a profit', 誤解を生む 'to create a misunderstanding'. Don't write 産 for those figurative uses.

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