胎たい動どう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

fetal movement; quickening

Used for the movements of a fetus felt during pregnancy; common in pregnancy and medical contexts, especially in expressions such as 胎動を感じる.

• 妊にん娠しん二に十じゅっ週しゅうごろから胎たい動どうを感かんじ始はじめた。

  I began to feel fetal movement around the twentieth week of pregnancy.

• 今日きょうは胎たい動どうが少すくないので、念ねんのため病びょう院いんに電でん話わした。

  The baby is moving less today, so I called the hospital just to be safe.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

stirrings; signs of emergence; initial rise

Figurative use for something not yet fully visible but beginning to move or emerge, such as a social, political, cultural, or market trend. Often has a written or commentary-like tone.

• 各かく地ちで新あたらしい市し民みん運うん動どうが胎たい動どうしている。

  A new citizens' movement is beginning to stir in various regions.

• その小ちいさな変へん化かに、新あたらしい時じ代だいの胎たい動どうを感かんじた。

  In that small change, I sensed the stirrings of a new era.