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産痛 (さんつう, santsuu) Japanese meaning: labor pains | Kotomora

産さん痛つう

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Meanings

1

labor pains; labour pains

Medical and general term for the pains of childbirth.

産さん痛つうが始はじまったら、すぐに病びょう院いんに連れん絡らくしてください。

Kanji

産products, bear, give birth
痛pain, hurt, damage

Related words

陣じん痛つう
陣痛 is the everyday word for labor pains, while 産痛 is a more clinical synonym occasionally used in medical writing.

Etymology

Compound of 産 (san, 'birth') and 痛 (tsū, 'pain'). The reading さんつう is a straightforward on'yomi combination.

When labor pains start, please contact the hospital immediately.

彼かの女じょは強つよい産さん痛つうに耐たえながら、無ぶ事じに出しゅっ産さんした。

She endured strong labor pains and gave birth safely.