陣痛
Meanings
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labor pains; contractions
Medical and everyday term for the intermittent pains of childbirth.
Please contact the hospital as soon as labor pains start.
She is enduring strong contractions.
Usage patterns
- 陣痛が始まるfor labor pains to begin
Labor pains started in the middle of the night, and I headed to the hospital.
- 陣痛が来るfor contractions to come (at intervals)
The contractions started coming every ten minutes.
- 陣痛に耐えるto endure labor pains
She gritted her teeth and endured the labor pains.
- 陣痛の間隔the interval between contractions
The intervals between contractions kept getting shorter.