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お産

おさん

(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery

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Examples

  1. お産は思ったより軽かった。

    おさんはおもったよりかるかった。

    The birth was easier than I had expected.

  2. 妹は来月お産のために実家へ帰る。

    いもうとはらいげつおさんのためにじっかへかえる。

    My sister is going back to our parents' house next month to have her baby.

  3. ケイちゃんはとても運がいいのよ。お産の時から、そうだったわ。

    ケイちゃんはとてもうんがいいのよ。おさんのときから、そうだったわ。

    Kei is so lucky — he has been ever since he was born.

Common patterns

お産が軽い
to have an easy delivery
お産をする
to give birth
お産の準備
preparations for the birth

Memory tip

The homely, spoken word for giving birth, seen from the mother's side, and the お is fixed. 出産 is the neutral written term and 分娩 the medical one used in hospitals.

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