noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
birth; giving birth
Refers to the act or fact of giving birth. It is often seen in の-compounds such as 生みの母, 生みの親, and 産みの苦しみ.
彼は生みの母と育ての母の両方に感謝している。
He is grateful to both his birth mother and the mother who raised him.
出産の後、彼女は産みの苦しみを静かに語った。
After the delivery, she quietly spoke about the pain of giving birth.
noun
creation; bringing into being; originating
Figurative extension from birth: bringing an idea, work, system, or product into the world. Especially common in fixed expressions like 生みの親 and 産みの苦しみ.
彼女はこの新しいサービスの生みの親だ。
She is the creator of this new service.
新制度の導入には、産みの苦しみがあった。
There were birth pains in introducing the new system.
The base verb meaning to give birth to or produce; 生み is its noun-like stem form.
A verb spelling that especially suggests physical childbirth or laying eggs; 産み similarly carries that nuance as a noun.
A more explicit and formal noun for childbirth or delivery; 生み is shorter and also extends naturally to figurative creation.
Means creation in a more abstract or formal sense; 生み keeps the metaphor of bringing something into the world.
Noun from the continuative stem of 生む／産む, meaning to give birth or produce. The spelling 生み is broad, while 産み is conventionally associated more strongly with childbirth or production.