生む

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

生(う)む • (umu) transitive godan (stem 生(う)み (umi), past 生(う)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)を生(う)む
    bifū o umu
    produce a good custom
    銹(さび)を生(う)む
    sabi o umu
    produce rust

Conjugation
Conjugation of "生む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 生ま うま uma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 生み うみ umi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 生む うむ umu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 生む うむ umu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 生め うめ ume
Meireikei ("imperative") 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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