生む
うむ · umu
To give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs)
- to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
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| Polite (ます形) | 生みますうみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 生みませんうみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 生みましたうみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 生みませんでしたうみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 生みましょううみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 生みうみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 生みたいうみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 生みながらうみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 生んでうんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 生んだうんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 生んだらうんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 生んでいるうんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 生まないうまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 生まなかったうまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 生まなくてうまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 生めるうめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 生めばうめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 生めうめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 生もううもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 生まれるうまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 生ませるうませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 生まされるうまされる |
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What does 生む mean?
To give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs). It can also mean: to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver.
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うむ (umu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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