VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

生まれる

うまれる
hepburn umareru

to be born

Part of speech · ichidan-verb

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Examples

  1. 私は東京で生まれました。
    I was born in Tokyo.
  2. 赤ちゃんが生まれました。
    A baby was born.

Collocations

~で生まれる (born in)~に生まれる (born into)生まれた年 (year of birth)生まれて初めて (first time in one's life)生まれつき (innate)

Mnemonic

生まれる umareru — ichidan verb. The kanji 生 takes many readings: 生きる ikiru (live), 生む umu (give birth), 生 nama (raw), 人生 jinsei (life). Particle: ~で for birthplace, ~に for born-into (family, era, status). Equivalent to "be born".

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