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How to say 'Birth' in Japanese | 出生

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The Japanese word for Birth is 'Shusshou', written as 出生 in Japanese.'Birth' in hiragana is しゅっしょう.

    word

    出生

    Meaning

    Birth

    Reading

    しゅっしょう

    shusshou

    Kanji

    Exit Life

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '出生 (しゅっしょう)' means 'birth'. It refers to the act or fact of being born, often used in formal or official contexts such as legal documents, medical records, or historical accounts. For example: The birth rate is declining「出生率が低下している」(しゅっしょうりつがていかしている). The date of birth is required「出生日が必要です」(しゅっしょうびがひつようです). This term is more formal than the casual word '誕生 (たんじょう)', which also means 'birth' but is used in broader contexts, including metaphorical ones.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N5

    Kanji Grade

    1

    Frequency

    6470

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 出生

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Exit

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Life

Words Related to 出生 Through the Kanji

These 71 Words contain the Kanji 出 as well.

  • word

    出来る

    Meaning

    Can, Be made

  • word

    出る

    Meaning

    Exit, Appear

  • word

    出す

    Meaning

    Start, Take out

  • word

    出口

    Meaning

    Exit

  • word

    出品

    Meaning

    Listing

  • word

    思い出す

    Meaning

    Remember

  • word

    引き出し

    Meaning

    Drawer

  • word

    貸し出す

    Meaning

    Lend

  • word

    出席

    Meaning

    Attendance

  • word

    出発

    Meaning

    Departure

  • word

    出掛ける

    Meaning

    Go out

  • word

    輸出

    Meaning

    Export

  • word

    出会う

    Meaning

    Meet, Encounter

  • word

    出身

    Meaning

    Origin

  • word

    取り出す

    Meaning

    Takeout

  • word

    外出

    Meaning

    Outing

  • word

    出力

    Meaning

    Output

  • word

    家出

    Meaning

    Runaway

  • word

    生み出す

    Meaning

    Produce

  • word

    出来事

    Meaning

    Event

  • word

    言い出す

    Meaning

    Start saying

  • word

    出場

    Meaning

    Appearance, Participation

  • word

    出国

    Meaning

    Departure

  • word

    出世

    Meaning

    Success

  • word

    売り出す

    Meaning

    Launch

  • word

    出荷

    Meaning

    Shipment

  • word

    出産

    Meaning

    Childbirth

  • word

    支出

    Meaning

    Expenditure

  • word

    貸し出し

    Meaning

    Lending

  • word

    出現

    Meaning

    Appearance

  • word

    作り出す

    Meaning

    Create, Produce

  • word

    見出だす

    Meaning

    Discover

  • word

    飛び出す

    Meaning

    Jump out

  • word

    思い出

    Meaning

    Memory

  • word

    差し出す

    Meaning

    Offer

  • word

    進出

    Meaning

    Advance, Expansion

  • word

    出勤

    Meaning

    Commute

  • word

    追い出す

    Meaning

    Expel

  • word

    出でる

    Meaning

    Emerge

  • word

    出来上がる

    Meaning

    Complete

  • word

    出会い

    Meaning

    Encounter

  • word

    出版

    Meaning

    Publish

  • word

    出版社

    Meaning

    Publisher

  • word

    引き出す

    Meaning

    Withdraw, Draw out

  • word

    出血

    Meaning

    Bleeding

  • word

    出演

    Meaning

    Appearance

  • word

    出張

    Meaning

    Business trip

  • word

    演出

    Meaning

    Direction, Production

  • word

    出土

    Meaning

    Excavation

  • word

    持ち出す

    Meaning

    Takeout

  • word

    出入り

    Meaning

    Coming and going

  • word

    人出

    Meaning

    Crowd

  • word

    日の出

    Meaning

    Sunrise

  • word

    出来上がり

    Meaning

    Completion

  • word

    出来るだけ

    Meaning

    As much as possible

  • word

    出入り口

    Meaning

    Entrance

  • word

    乗り出す

    Meaning

    Embark, Lean out

  • word

    出前

    Meaning

    Delivery

  • word

    見出し

    Meaning

    Heading

  • word

    逃げ出す

    Meaning

    Flee, Runaway

  • word

    申し出る

    Meaning

    Offer

  • word

    出資

    Meaning

    Investment

  • word

    呼び出す

    Meaning

    Call, Summon

  • word

    脱出

    Meaning

    Escape

  • word

    出し

    Meaning

    Stock

  • word

    提出

    Meaning

    Submission

  • word

    派出所

    Meaning

    Police box

  • word

    排出

    Meaning

    Discharge, Emission

  • word

    吐き出す

    Meaning

    Spit, Discharge

  • word

    突き出す

    Meaning

    Protrude, Thrust out

  • word

    出迎え

    Meaning

    Greeting

Words Related to 出生 Through the Kanji

These 54 Words contain the Kanji 生 as well.

  • word

    大学生

    Meaning

    Student

  • word

    高校生

    Meaning

    High school student

  • word

    先生

    Meaning

    Teacher

  • word

    生きる

    Meaning

    Live

  • word

    留学生

    Meaning

    Foreign student

  • word

    生まれる

    Meaning

    Born

  • word

    人生

    Meaning

    Life

  • word

    生ずる

    Meaning

    Arise

  • word

    学生

    Meaning

    Student

  • word

    生産

    Meaning

    Production

  • word

    生活

    Meaning

    Life

  • word

    中学生

    Meaning

    Middle school student

  • word

    小学生

    Meaning

    Elementary student

  • word

    生徒

    Meaning

    Student

  • word

    発生

    Meaning

    Occurrence

  • word

    生命

    Meaning

    Life

  • word

    生む

    Meaning

    Give birth

  • word

    一生

    Meaning

    Lifetime

  • word

    生物

    Meaning

    Organism

  • word

    誕生日

    Meaning

    Birthday

  • word

    一生懸命

    Meaning

    Hard, Earnestly

  • word

    生かす

    Meaning

    Utilize

  • word

    生理

    Meaning

    Menstruation, Physiology

  • word

    生み出す

    Meaning

    Produce

  • word

    厚生

    Meaning

    Welfare

  • word

    生まれ

    Meaning

    Birth

  • word

    生じる

    Meaning

    Arise

  • word

    生き方

    Meaning

    Lifestyle

  • word

    生け花

    Meaning

    Flower arranging

  • word

    生年月日

    Meaning

    Birthdate

  • word

    生まれつき

    Meaning

    Innately

  • word

    生き生きと

    Meaning

    Vividly

  • word

    生涯

    Meaning

    Lifetime

  • word

    生死

    Meaning

    Life and death

  • word

    生存

    Meaning

    Survival

  • word

    生える

    Meaning

    Grow

  • word

    衛生的

    Meaning

    Sanitary

  • word

    再生

    Meaning

    Playback, Recycling

  • word

    芝生

    Meaning

    Lawn

  • word

    生き物

    Meaning

    Creature

  • word

    衛生

    Meaning

    Hygiene

  • word

    生成

    Meaning

    Generation

  • word

    長生き

    Meaning

    Long life

  • word

    生やす

    Meaning

    Grow

  • word

    Meaning

    Raw

  • word

    無生物

    Meaning

    Inanimate

  • word

    生態

    Meaning

    Ecology

  • word

    生意気

    Meaning

    Cheeky

  • word

    生き残る

    Meaning

    Survive

  • word

    新生

    Meaning

    Rebirth

  • word

    生き生き

    Meaning

    Vividly

  • word

    誕生

    Meaning

    Birth

  • word

    同級生

    Meaning

    Classmate

  • word

    生臭い

    Meaning

    Fishy, Bloody

Learn the Word 出生

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What does 'Shusshou' (出生) mean?

'Shusshou' means 'Birth' .

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