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身ごもる (みごもる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

身みごもる

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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godan verb (-ru), transitive verb, intransitive verb

become pregnant; conceive

A somewhat literary or formal term for becoming pregnant; in everyday speech, 妊娠する is more common.

彼かの女じょは結けっ婚こんしてすぐに身みごもった。
She became pregnant soon after getting married.
身みごもっていることが分わかったのは先せん月げつです。
It was last month that I found out I was pregnant.

Written forms

身みごもるUsage54%
Standard spelling using 身 with kana for the okurigana.
みごもるUsage19%
身み籠ごもるUsage12%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; 身ごもる is preferred.
妊みごもるUsage8%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the reading is not obvious.
身み籠ごもるUsage7%
Variant with 籠もる; less common but still seen.
身み篭ごもる
Variant using 篭, a simplified form of 籠; rare.
孕みごもる
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the reading is not obvious.
身み篭ごもる
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; 身ごもる is preferred.

Kanji

身somebody, person, one's station in life
籠basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself
妊pregnancy
篭

Similar words

妊にん娠しんする
The standard, everyday term for becoming pregnant. 身ごもる is more literary and less commonly used in conversation.

Etymology

Compound of 身 (body) and 籠もる (to be filled with, to be confined in). The literal sense is 'the body becomes filled/occupied', referring to pregnancy.

seclude oneself, cage, coop

孕become pregnant