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受胎 (じゅたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
conception ; becoming pregnant ; fertilization
Refers to conception or the start of pregnancy. As 受胎する it is an intransitive suru verb meaning that a female or animal conceives; in stricter biological contexts, 受精 is often the more specific word for fertilization itself.
この 種しゅ の 動どう 物ぶつ は 春はる に 受じゅ 胎たい する こと が 多おお い 。
Animals of this species often conceive in spring.
Kanji 受 accept, undergo, answer (phone) Similar words 妊にん 娠しん Means pregnancy, usually focusing on the state after conception; 受胎 focuses on the act or occurrence of conception.
受じゅ 精せい More specifically means fertilization, the union of egg and sperm; 受胎 is broader and often refers to conception as the beginning of pregnancy.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 受, associated with receiving or undergoing, and 胎, associated with the womb or fetus; the spelling conventionally represents conception.
