Keyword
give birth
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1681
Readings
さん
(76%)
う
(19%)
うぶ
(1%)
ざん
(1%)
Composed of
standing up
cliff
life
Mnemonic

In ancient Sparta when you gave birth you did it standing up on a cliff, and if the child was found disfigured or weak you threw its new life down the cliff.

(At least that's how it worked according to the movie 300.)

Used in kanji (1 in total)
bodhisattva
Used in vocabulary (833 in total)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
property; fortune; assets
production; manufacture
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
property; fortune; means; assets
mass production
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
product; produce; result; fruit
present (brought by a visitor); gift
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)
bankruptcy; insolvency
World Heritage (site)
domestically produced; domestic; Japanese-made
everything one owns
local specialty; special product (of a region)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
wealthy person
production output; number of goods manufactured
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)
increase in production; production increase
producer; grower; maker; producer (in a food chain)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
aquatic products; fisheries
real estate agent; realtor
daily output; Nissan (Japanese car company)
agricultural produce
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)
communism; Communist Party
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
egg-laying; spawning
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
animal husbandry; livestock industry
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery
tales of one's travels
noted product; local specialty
oil-producing country
after childbirth; postpartum
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
productive; constructive; meaningful
decrease in production
first cry of a newborn baby
plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity
place of origin; habitat
intellectual property; IP
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
souvenir store; gift shop
maternity leave; paternity leave
(Japanese) Fisheries Agency
postnatal; post partum
the industrial world
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
agricultural products
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
stillbirth
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
inheritance; succession to property
real estate tax; fixed assets tax; property tax
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
intellectual property rights; IP rights
unproductive; counterproductive
plant and equipment; production facilities; manufacturing equipment
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
local specialty; special product (of a region)
value of one's property (assets); property (asset) value
obstetrics; obstetrical department; maternity division
obstetrician-gynecologist; obstetrician and gynaecologist; ob-gyn
tourism industry; tourist industry
place of origin (of a plant or animal species, etc.); natural habitat; original home; place of origin (of manufactured goods)
premature birth
result; fruit (of); product (of)
personal bankruptcy; voluntary bankruptcy
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
industrial spy; industrial espionage
birth canal
local product; homegrown; homebred
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
to go into labor; to go into labour
point of production; production site; shop floor
assets freeze; asset freezing
fecundity; having many children; abundant production
crypto-assets; cryptocurrency assets
stock raising; livestock industry
adjustment of production; production adjustment
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; NAIST
Sankei Shimbun (newspaper)
a baby's first bath
industrial science and technology; industrial techniques
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
industrial waste
munitions industry; war industry
first childbirth
to bear (a child); to be born; to produce; to yield; to be produced
related industries; associated industries
distribution of property
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; inexperienced (in love); innocent; birth-
country of origin; country of manufacture
location famous for production of something (usually food)
right physique for an easy delivery
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
to lay; to spawn
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1949-2001); MITI
local production for local consumption
delayed child-bearing (esp. after the age of 35); late child-bearing
to lay; to spawn
wealthy individual; person of wealth
asset building; wealth creation
date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date
amount of production
celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth); gift at the birth of a child; baby gift; push present
trip story; vacation story
asset management; asset management provision
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
maternity hospital
domestically produced car
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
industry; industries
marine product; marine (e.g. product, animal etc.)
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
industrial physician; occupational health physician
trustee or administrator in bankruptcy
animal product; livestock product
personal property; personal effects
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
expectant and nursing mothers
industrialization; industrialisation
domestically produced article; domestic product; domestic goods
product; produced goods
Competitiveness Council; Council for Industrial Competitiveness
puerperium; postpartum period; postnatal period; bed used by a woman in childbirth
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
shift to domestic production; import substitution
woman in childbirth; woman who is just about to give birth; woman who has just given birth
local industry; traditional local industry
postpartum depression; postnatal depression
real estate world; property market
souvenir shop
production costs
spawning season; breeding season; laying period
labor pains; birth pangs; throes of creation; toil of producing something new
agricultural and marine products
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
entirely domestically produced; 100% domestically made
service industry; service sector
defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry
production system; production method; manufacturing system
lacking property
property rights; right to own property
industry-academic; industry-university
communist bloc; Iron Curtain
net worth; net assets; total equity
build-to-order manufacturing; BTO
yield; output; production
woman who has given birth
oil industry; petroleum industry
partition of an estate (inheritance)
fraudulent claim of product origin
newborn baby; childbirth
bankrupt person; insolvent person
industry, government and academia
divine spirit of creation; god who gives birth to all things
guardian deity of one's birthplace
license production; licence production
horse native to Hokkaido; person born and raised in Hokkaido
parity; having borne children; parous
maternity room; delivery room
family property
industry-academic-government (cooperation, etc.)
spawning grounds; egg-laying site
industrial base; industrial infrastructure
country of origin (of goods)
production process; industrial operation
maternity hospital
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
production stoppage; discontinuance
natural heritage; natural heritage site
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
adjudication of bankruptcy
unproductive; unfruitful
promotion of industry; encouragement of new industry
domestically produced rice
to grow (of moss, grass, etc.); to sprout; to appear
produce museum; commercial museum
inheritance; inherited property; heritage
joint manufacturing; joint production; production joint venture
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
before and after childbirth
monthly output (production)
rice produced
Iwatani International Corporation
Minister of International Trade and Industry
chain-reaction bankruptcy; chain bankruptcy
threatened preterm labor; TPL
threatened abortion; imminent abortion; threatened miscarriage; imminent miscarriage
petition for bankruptcy
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1949-2001); MITI
chief producing center; chief producing centre
real estate register; real property register
rice production
before childbirth; prepartum; antepartum
propertied; monied
Sumitomo Realty and Development Co. Ltd.
(amount of) production
annual production
fixed property; real property; fixed occupation
nonperforming asset; bad assets; toxic assets
creation of Japan (by the gods Izanagi and Izanami); birthing of Japan
rate of output; production rate
manufacture; production
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
industrial association; industrial guild
administration of an estate
domestic timber; domestically produced lumber
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
medium amount of wealth; middling property; owner of medium wealth
Industrial Revitalization Corporation (IRC) (Revitalisation)
Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS
gender preselection; selection of the sex of offspring
products of the south seas
reproduction on an enlarged or expanded scale
number of births (including stillbirths)
sunset industry; declining industry
the propertied class; bourgeoisie
to go into labor; to go into labour
endangered world heritage site
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
communist regime; communist government
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery
natural products
planned delivery; induced labour; induced labor
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
hereditary property; heritage; patrimony
to run through one's fortune (in idleness)
produce shop (usu. local); commodity store
production increase; enhancement of one's fortune
offspring (esp. livestock); progeny
Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth
livestock experiment station; domestic animal research centre
property tax; estate tax
giving birth at home; home delivery; home birth
increase in the average age of childbirth
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
industrial machinery
education-related industries
real-estate financing; real-estate loan
stillborn baby
fundamental property; principal; endowment; permanent property
sheltered work programs; sheltered work programmes; providing with work; giving employment
to run through one's fortune (in idleness)
communist controlled
succession to or inheritance of property
industrial revival or recovery
placenta; afterbirth; secundina
animal product; livestock product
1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets
joint resource; shared resource
obstetrics and gynecology; obstetrics and gynaecology
post-birth maternity leave; eight weeks of compulsory leave following childbirth, plus an optional further six weeks
consignment production
industry-university cooperation
property in trust; trust property
private property
assets on deposit; assets in custody; deposit assets
risk asset; risk assets
private property system; system of private ownership of property; private ownership of the means of production (as the foundation of capitalism)
National Fisheries University
production engineering; industrial engineering
industrial organization
underlying asset; underlying security; underlier
becoming communist; turning communist
made-to-order production; job order production; production to order
guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace
vocational aid center (centre); vocational-training facility; sheltered workshop
annual production
manufacturing promotion; promotion of production
fisheries science
to amass a fortune
postpartum period; postnatal period; puerperal period; puerperium
exhibition hall for promoting tourism and local products
primipara; woman giving birth for the first time
maternity allowance; childbirth allowance
childbirth with the father of child present; delivery with family members present
land products
industrial waste disposal facility; wastes treatment facility
integrated production; start-to-finish manufacturing
productive age; working age
property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
National Research Institute of Fisheries Science
forest products
to bear (a child); to be born; to produce; to yield; to be produced
coal mining
(legally) incompetent individual
producer goods; producer's goods
labor pains; labour pains
business insolvency due to liquidity problems
administrator of an estate
country of origin labeling; COOL
local sweets (sold as a souvenir)
gold mining
faculty of fisheries; faculty of fishery science
perinatal medical center (centre)
freshwater; limnetic
childbirth bonus (paid to an employee); congratulatory childbirth payment
personal bankruptcy caused by excessive card-loan borrowing
product of the land; present; souvenir
National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering; NRIFE
Minister of International Trade and Industry
high-mix, low-volume manufacturing; production of a large variety of products in limited amounts
marine industries; maritime industry
Agricultural Produce Inspection Law
postpartum depression; postnatal depression
unsellable property; real estate with negative value
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
mineral product; minerals
Minister of International Trade and Industry
(amount of) output; production; yield
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council
industrial union
industrial output; industrial production
breeding horses
horse offspring
livestock farm; animal farm
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
childbirth with the father of child present; delivery with family members present
products trading company
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1949-2001)
tangible fixed assets; tangible property; property, plant and equipment; PPE
depreciable assets; depreciation assets
natural abortion; spontaneous abortion; miscarriage
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
industrial reserve force; the ranks of the unemployed
variety which bears many young
maternal mortality rate; maternal mortality ratio
Congress of Industrial Organizations (Organisation); CIO
live birth; child born alive
delayed miscarriage; silent miscarriage; missed abortion
Japanese Society of Animal Science
National Government Asset Act
shrine parishioner
work or vocational center (centre)
puerperium; postpartum period; postnatal period; bed used by a woman in childbirth
horse native to Hokkaido; person born and raised in Hokkaido
full-term birth; labor at term (labour); term delivery
high birth rate and high mortality rate
(silkworm) cocoon production
gross real national product; real GNP; RGNP
industrial union (one relating to a specific industry or occupation); vertical union
production well (esp. of geothermal power)
low fecundity
Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; PRIMAFF
financial penalty; pecuniary punishment
staple product of an industry; core product
post-birth maternity leave and childcare leave
experimental fishery station
Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development (JPC-SED)
war communism (Russia, 1918-1921); military communism
Sumikin Bussan Corporation
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
trip story; vacation story
divine spirit of creation; god who gives birth to all things
divine spirit of creation; god who gives birth to all things
divine spirit of creation; god who gives birth to all things
barren woman; sterile woman
(single-industry) industrial union
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
to be covered in grass; to be grassy; to be verdant
childbirth with the father of child present; delivery with family members present
childbirth with the father of child present; delivery with family members present
postpartum period; postnatal period; puerperal period; puerperium
maternity allowance; childbirth allowance
one's child; a child one has brought into the world; (arch.) descendant
childbirth bonus (paid to an employee); congratulatory childbirth payment
maternity room; delivery room
labor pains; labour pains
post-term delivery; postmature delivery
birth control
supporting industries; component and parts-supply industries
management of one's livelihood; management of one's property
biological parent; founder; creator
baby born feet (or buttocks) first; breech birth
rice-producing region
financial statement; statement of assets
asset holding company (esp. Commonwealth countries)
net product; net production
interindustry relations table; input-output table
roundabout production
infant-industry argument; theory of infant-industry protection
asset register number
CIM; Computer Integrated Manufacturing
inventory; stock on hand
inventory; stock on hand
postpartum pelvic support belt
production, sales and inventory; PSI
inheritance tax; estate duty
first-run limited edition production recording
Japanese production; Japanese product
Japanese production; Japanese product
domestically bred horse
guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace
labor-intensive industry; labour-intensive industry
habitual abortion; recurrent miscarriage; recurrent fetal loss; recurrent pregnancy loss
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth
nationwide consumption of local products
postpartum depression; postnatal depression
post-term delivery; postmature delivery; giving birth at an above-average age
progeny test (for beef cattle); reproduction test (for pigs)
litter size; number of offspring
non-oil producing countries; non-oil nation
endemic species; indigenous species
woman who has recently given birth
woman who has recently given birth
general property; ordinary property
milk fever; parturient paresis; postparturient hypocalcemia
giving birth at home; home delivery; home birth
mass-produced product; mass-market article
key industry; major industry
Kyoto Sangyo University, Kindai University, Konan University and Ryukoku University (group of similarly ranked private universities in the Kansai region)
Kyoto Sangyo University, Kindai University, Konan University and Ryukoku University (group of similarly ranked private universities in the Kansai region)
disguising a product's country of origin (e.g. by exporting via a third country)
incorporeal rights; intellectual property rights; right to intangible property
gold-mining industry
article out of production; discontinued product; phased-out item
coercing a woman to give birth to several children; reproductive coercion (resulting in multiple births)
placental stage (of labour)
new mother; postpartum mother; mother who has recently given birth
Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries
low birth rate and low mortality rate
intrapartum infection; infection acquired during birth
the Creator; god who gives birth to all existence
variable-mix variable-volume production
prosumer; producer and consumer
egg production rate; egg production output
National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries; NRIFSF
Japan Marine Fishery Resources Research Center; JAMARC
Korea Industrial Safety Corporation; Korea Occupational Safety and Health Administration
International Coalition of Fisheries Associations; ICFA
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property; AIPPI
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Saijō Kōsan (consortium)
Sankei Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
Institute of Business Administration and Management
Strategic Council on Intellectual Properties; Intellectual Property Strategy Council
National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science
International Trade and Industry Statistics Association
Research Institute of International Trade and Industry
Japan Industrial and Vocational Training Association
Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University
Nippon Intellectual Property Translation Association; NIPTA
Sueno Kosan (Japanese real estate company)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (abbr); AIST
Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (abbr); JEMAI
Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry; JEMAI
Japan Information Service Industry Association; JISA
The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries
National Federation Of Industrial Organisations (1949-1988) (abbr); FIO
Asian Productivity Organization; APO
Examples (200 in total)
Mom, thank you for giving birth to me.
His wife bore him two daughters and a son.
He was blind from birth.