Word Meaning 擬娩

ぎべん giben

擬娩 is read as ぎべん (giben) and means couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born).

Meaning

English

  1. couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born)

Reading

Kana

ぎべん

Romaji

giben

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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擬寸法集合体

ぎすんぽうしゅうごうたい

assumed-size aggregate

擬人化

ぎじんか

personification

擬人法

ぎしんほう

personification

擬軟体動物

ぎなんたいどうぶつ

molluscoid

擬古主義

ぎこしゅぎ

archaism

擬人観

ぎじんかん

anthropomorphism

擬情語

ぎじょうご

psychomime

擬似外国会社

ぎじがいこくがいしゃ

pseudo-foreign company

擬古文

ぎこぶん

classical style

擬態語

ぎたいご

phenomime

擬洋風建築

ぎようふけんちく

pseudo-Western architecture (of Meiji-period Japan)

擬声語

ぎせいご

onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)