expression, noun

  1. labor pains, birth pangs.
  2. throes of creation, toil of producing something new.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
産みの苦しみ うみのくるしみ
 
 
 
 
生みの苦しみ うみのくるしみ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

products, bear, give birth
サン う.む うぶ- (4th, N3)
give birth, bring forth, produce
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
suffering, trial, worry
ク くる.しい にが.い (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
old
コ ふる.い ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)