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生む
生む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 生 |
| Grade: 1 |
Alternative forms
Verb
生む (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うむ, romaji umu)
- give birth to; bear (a child); (of eggs) lay; (of fish) spawn
- 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 |