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妊
妊
7 strokes
Frequency: 1413
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

pregnancy

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ニン
ジン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
はら.む
みごも.る

Common Words

妊娠
にんしん
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #5752
1

pregnancy; conception; gestation

Examples
妊娠検査を受けたいのです。
I'd like to get a pregnancy test.
はらむ
孕む
妊む
胎む
Godan verb
Usually kana
Freq #9024
1

Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

to conceive; to become pregnant

2

Transitive verb

to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with

Examples
帆がいっぱいに風をはらんだ。
The wind filled the sails.
3

Transitive verb

to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.); to involve (e.g. risk)

4

Intransitive verb

to be swollen and ripe (of a plant ear, head, sprout, etc.)

妊婦
にんぷ
Noun
Freq #20340
1

pregnant woman

Examples
妊婦妻がいるのに結婚指輪外して合コンに参加してもいいですか？
Is it OK for me to remove my wedding ring and go to a dating party when I have a pregnant wife?
避妊
ひにん
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #30760
1

contraception; birth control

Examples
避妊はちゃんとコンドームつけてたのよね？
You used a condom for birth control, right?
懐妊
かいにん
懐姙
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Transitive
Freq #31448
1

pregnancy; conception

身ごもる
身籠もる
身篭もる
みごもる
身籠る
身篭る
妊る
孕る
Godan verb
Intransitive
Transitive
Freq #36587
1

to become pregnant

避妊具
ひにんぐ
Noun
Freq #48026
1

contraceptive device; birth-control device

不妊治療
ふにんちりょう
Noun
Freq #61640
1

infertility treatment

不妊
ふにん
Noun
～の Adj.
Freq #68958
1

infertility; sterility; barrenness

想像妊娠
そうぞうにんしん
Noun
Freq #74234
1

false pregnancy; pseudocyesis

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