英和和英

読み方 うむ

他動詞

1

（女は）to bear （children）; to give birth to （a child）; to bring forth （a child）:（男親は）to beget （a child on a woman）:（動物は）to breed （its young）; to drop （a lamb）:（鳥は）to lay （eggs）:（魚は）to spawn

用例

• 女は子を生む
  Women bear children.

• 女は子を生む役
  It is woman's duty to bear children.
• 彼の細君は子どもを五人生んだ
  His wife bore him five children―gave him five children.
• 先妻は子どもを二人生んで死んだ
  His first wife died after giving birth to two children.
• あの娘は近頃子を生んだ
  She has had a child―become a mother.
• 七人の子を生むとも女に心を許すな
  Do not trust a woman even if she be the mother of seven children.
• あれは自分で生んだ子か
  Is he a child of her own bearing?
• あれは先妻の生んだ子だ
  He is a child by his first wife.
• 彼の母は彼を生んで死んだ
  His mother died at his birth
  He cost his mother her life.
• 子を生む女
  a woman of child-bearing age
• 子を生まない女
  a childless woman
  a sterile woman
  a barren woman
• あの女はもう子を生む年じゃない
  She is past the age of bearing.
• 案じるより生むがやすい
  It is easier than one expects
  “Fear outruns the danger.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 金が金を生む
  Money begets money.

2

用例

• 牝鶏が卵を生む
  A hen lays eggs.

• 鶏は今時分は卵を生まない
  Hens do not lay at this time of the year.
• この鶏はよく卵を生む、あまり卵を生まない
  This hen is a good layer―a bad layer.
• 牛馬は飼われておって子を生む
  Cattle breed in captivity.
• 馬が子を生む
  A mare foals.
• 牛が子を生む
  A cow calves.
• 羊が子を生む
  A ewe yeans
  A ewe lambs
  A ewe drops a lamb.
• 犬が子を生む
  A dog pups.
• 猫が子を生む
  A cat kittens.
• 狐や熊が虎や獅子などが子を生む
  A fox, a bear, a tiger, or a lion cubs.
• 鯡が群を成して北海道の海岸へ子を生みに来る
  Shoals of herring visit the coast of Hokkaido to spawn.

3

（＝生ずる）to produce; yield; to give rise to （anything）; to be the mother of （anything）

用例

• 金が利を生む
  Money yields interest.

• 利が利を生む
  Interest yields interest.
• 必要が発明を生む
  Necessity is the mother of invention.