生うみの苦くるしみ

expression, noun

labor pains; birth pangs

Literal physical pain of childbirth. The 産み spelling is especially appropriate here.

• 陣じん痛つうが始はじまり、産うみの苦くるしみが本ほん格かく的てきになった。

  The contractions started and the labor pains became intense.

expression, noun

throes of creation; struggle to produce something new

Figurative use: the difficult, painful process of creating or bringing something new into existence, such as a work of art, a project, or an idea.

• 新しん製せい品ひんの開かい発はつはまさに生うみの苦くるしみだった。

  Developing the new product was truly a painful creative struggle.