ichidan verb, intransitive verb
Intransitive verb for coming into existence as a living being; also used figuratively for the emergence of ideas, organizations, or things.
私は東京で生まれました。
I was born in Tokyo.
新しいアイデアが生まれた。
A new idea was born.
Standard kanji spelling for 'to be born'.
Search-only variant; not standard for writing.
Used especially for the physical act of being born or for animals giving birth, but 生まれる is more common.
Search-only variant; not standard for writing.
生む is the transitive counterpart meaning 'to give birth to' or 'to produce'; 生まれる is the intransitive 'to be born'.
Derived from the classical verb 生む (umu, 'to give birth') with the intransitive/passive auxiliary れる, yielding 'to be born'.