妊にん娠しん

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妊娠する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Medical and everyday term for the state of being pregnant. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb (妊娠する).

〈人ひと〉が妊にん娠しんするfor someone to become/be pregnant
姉あねが妊にん娠しんしたと聞きいて驚おどろいた。
I was surprised to hear that my sister was pregnant.
妊にん娠しんに気きづくto notice/realize one is pregnant
彼かの女じょは生せい理りが来こなくて妊にん娠しんに気きづいた。
She realized she was pregnant when her period didn't come.
妊にん娠しんが判はん明めいするfor a pregnancy to be confirmed/found out
病びょう院いんでの検けん査さで妊にん娠しんが判はん明めいした。
The hospital test confirmed the pregnancy.
妊にん娠しんを報ほう告こくするto announce one's pregnancy
友ゆう人じんに妊にん娠しんを報ほう告こくした。
I told my friend that I was pregnant.
妊にん娠しん〈数かず〉週しゅう目めthe nth week of pregnancy
今いま、妊にん娠しん20週しゅう目めです。
I'm currently in my 20th week of pregnancy.

懐かい妊にん
懐妊 is a formal or literary word for pregnancy, often used in official announcements, while 妊娠 is the everyday medical term.
受じゅ胎たい
受胎 refers narrowly to the biological moment of conception, while 妊娠 covers the whole ongoing state of being pregnant.
宿やどす
妊娠する is the plain, everyday term for becoming pregnant, whereas 宿す is a literary way of saying one is carrying a child.
はらむN1
妊娠する is the clinical, everyday term for becoming pregnant, while 孕む is more literary or poetic and can also describe non-human swelling or abstract containment.
できるN5
妊娠する is the neutral, clinical verb for 'to become pregnant', while 出来る (as できている) is a blunt, colloquial way of saying the same thing.

避ひ妊にんN1
妊娠 means being pregnant, the very state that 避妊 (contraception) is meant to prevent.

妊にん婦ぷ
妊娠 means 'pregnancy' or 'to become pregnant' (used with する) and refers to the state, whereas 妊婦 is the noun for the pregnant woman herself.
つわり
妊娠 means 'pregnancy' itself, while つわり is the nausea symptom that can occur during it, so the two are easily confused but not interchangeable.

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Compound of 妊 (にん, 'conceive, pregnancy') and 娠 (しん, 'pregnant'). Both kanji contribute the meaning of being with child.