No. 543 in Japanese
生まれ
"Birth" or "place of origin."
In a sentence
私は東京で生まれました。
I was born in Tokyo.
In this sentence, '生まれ' (umare) is used in its past tense'生まれました' (umaremasen), denoting the action of being born, combined with indicating the location of the event, which is '東京' (Tokyo).
彼は新しいアイデアを生まれにくい。
He rarely comes up with new ideas.
Here, '生まれ' refers metaphorically to the generation or creation of ideas, with the phrase highlighting the difficulty in doing so.
その伝統はこの土地で生まれた。
The tradition was born in this region.
In this example, '生まれ' is used to indicate the origin or genesis of a tradition, emphasizing the beginning point or place.
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