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擬娩 (ぎべん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

擬ぎ娩べん

ぎ

べ

ん

Meanings

1

noun

couvade

rare term

Anthropological term for a custom in which a man simulates the experience of childbirth. Rare and technical.

擬ぎ娩べんは、一いち部ぶの文ぶん化かで見みられる慣かん習しゅうである。
Couvade is a custom observed in some cultures.

Kanji

擬mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate
娩bear (children)

Etymology

From 擬 (gi, 'imitation') + 娩 (ben, 'childbirth'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern technical coinage for the anthropological concept of couvade.