妊娠
Chinese
be pregnant | pregnant | ||
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trad. (妊娠) | 妊 | 娠 | |
simp. #(妊娠) | 妊 | 娠 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 懷孕 (“to be pregnant”) [map]
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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妊 | 娠 |
にん Grade: S |
しん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Etymology
The "Nintendo fanboy" sense is from a shortening of 任天堂信者 (nintendō shinja, “Nintendo believer”), written with the kanji for "pregnancy" to carry an infantile nuance.[1]
Noun
妊娠 • (ninshin)
- pregnancy, conception
- (slang, derogatory, video games) a Nintendo fanboy, Nintendrone
- Synonym: 任豚
Verb
妊娠する • (ninshin suru) intransitive suru (stem 妊娠し (ninshin shi), past 妊娠した (ninshin shita))
- conceive (to become pregnant)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "妊娠する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 妊娠し | にんしんし | ninshin shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 妊娠し | にんしんし | ninshin shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 妊娠する | にんしんする | ninshin suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 妊娠する | にんしんする | ninshin suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 妊娠すれ | にんしんすれ | ninshin sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 妊娠せよ¹ 妊娠しろ² |
にんしんせよ¹ にんしんしろ² |
ninshin seyo¹ ninshin shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 妊娠される | にんしんされる | ninshin sareru | |
Causative | 妊娠させる 妊娠さす |
にんしんさせる にんしんさす |
ninshin saseru ninshin sasu | |
Potential | 妊娠できる | にんしんできる | ninshin dekiru | |
Volitional | 妊娠しよう | にんしんしよう | ninshin shiyō | |
Negative | 妊娠しない | にんしんしない | ninshin shinai | |
Negative continuative | 妊娠せず | にんしんせず | ninshin sezu | |
Formal | 妊娠します | にんしんします | ninshin shimasu | |
Perfective | 妊娠した | にんしんした | ninshin shita | |
Conjunctive | 妊娠して | にんしんして | ninshin shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 妊娠すれば | にんしんすれば | ninshin sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Related terms
- 想像妊娠
- 妊娠期間
- 妊娠検査
- 妊娠中毒
References
- Brian Ashcraft (2013 July 12) “Why Nintendo Fans Are Called “Pigs” (and Other Things) in Japan”, in Kotaku, retrieved July 6, 2021
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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