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：2025/12/20
水子
Hiragana
みずこ
Noun
archaic
Japanese Meaning
水子（みずこ）：流産・死産・人工妊娠中絶などにより、この世に生まれる前、あるいは出生直後に亡くなった子どもを指す語。供養の対象として用いられることが多い。
Easy Japanese Meaning
うまれる前にしんでしまったあかちゃんや、むかしのことばでうまれたばかりのあかちゃんをさすことば
Chinese (Simplified)
流产或堕胎的胎儿 / （古）新生儿
Sense（1）
an aborted or miscarried fetus
Sense（2）
(archaic, now rare, etymology) a newborn baby
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an aborted or miscarried fetus / (archaic, now rare, etymology) a newborn baby
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水子
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She was in deep sorrow for a long time after losing her miscarried fetus.
She was in deep sorrow for a long time after losing her miscarried fetus.
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彼女は水子を失った後、長い間悲しみに暮れていた。
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