生まれ
うまれ
birth, birthplace, the family one is born into
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Examples
私は東京の生まれです。
わたしはとうきょうのうまれです。
I was born in Tokyo.
私は生まれも育ちも東京だ。
わたしはうまれもそだちもとうきょうだ。
I was born and raised in Tokyo.
母は大阪生まれの大阪育ちで、話し方ですぐ分かります。
ははおおさかうまれのおおさかそだちで、はなしかたですぐわかります。
My mother was born and brought up in Osaka — you can tell at once from the way she talks.
Common patterns
- 東京生まれ
- Tokyo-born
- 生まれも育ちも
- born and raised
- 一九九〇年生まれ
- born in 1990
Memory tip
The noun of 生まれる. A place or year attaches straight onto it with no particle — 大阪生まれ, 一九九〇年生まれ — and it can also mean the family you were born into (いい生まれ).
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