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Meanings: childbearing, product, fortune, to give birth, to produce
On Readings: サン san
Kun Readings: う(む) u(mu), う(まれる) u(mareru), うぶ ubu
Most Used Pronunciation: san
JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji)
Grade: 4
Kanji Part:
Stroke Number: 11
Level 3 Completion 260 / 284
   

Common jukugo
- お みやげ omiyage - a souvenir, present from a trip for someone
- こく さん koku san - a national product
- ふ どう さん fu dou san - real estate
- ざい さん zai san - property, fortune, wealth
- し さん shi san - property, assets, fortune

Useful Examples
Japanese: 彼に財管理を任せた。
Romaji: kare ni zaisankanri o makaseta.
Literal: Him to property management left up to.
English: I left the management of my property up to him.

Japanese: コーヒーはブラジルの主要物である。
Romaji: ko-hi- wa burajiru no shuyou sanbutsu de aru.
English: Coffee is Brazil's main product.

Japanese: 日本は今年、かつてないほど大量の車を生した。
Romaji: nihon wa kotoshi, katsutenai hodo tairyou no kuruma o seisan shita.
English: Japan has produced more cars than ever this year.

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Notes/Mnemonic
Remember: In birth there is life (生)


Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.

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