生まれる
うまれる
hepburn umareru
to be born
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 私は東京で生まれました。I was born in Tokyo.
- 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 — an ichidan verb; the single kanji 生 splits into many voices. 生きる (to live), 生む (to give birth), 生 (nama, raw), 人生 (a life) — branches of one root. The place of birth is marked with ~で, the family or era born into with ~に. The one moment of first setting foot in the world is held in this single verb. Kanji-reading kin: 生 reads Korean 'saeng', Mandarin shēng.
Quick check
Which particle for "born into a wealthy family"?