なんざん

[難産] difficult delivery ［labor， confinement］ 【C】.

¶→難産である

南山
southern mountain
難産
difficult delivery (birth)

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なんざん【難産】

difficult delivery ［labor， confinement］ 〖C〗.

¶ → 難産である

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なんざん【難産】

〔困難な出産〕 a hard labor; a difficult delivery; a complicated birth; 【医】 dystocia; 〔困難な成立の経緯〕 《the result of》 a difficult process.

～する have a difficult delivery; have a difficult time giving birth 《to…》; have a hard labor.

●妻は医者から難産のおそれがあると言われた. My wife was told by her doctor that there was the danger of a complicated birth.

・難産の末, 珠(_たま)のような女の子が生まれた. A perfect little girl was born after a difficult delivery.

・難産の末に誕生した新政権 a new regime born after much trial and tribulation

・難産の末に成立した条例 a law established through an arduous process.

●彼女は初産の時にかなりの難産を経験した. She had a rather hard time giving birth to her first child.

●難産だった. She had a hard labor.

・第一子は安産だったが, 二人めは難産だった. The birth of her first child was easy, but the second was hard.

・今度の組閣はなかなかの難産だった. The new Cabinet was formed with much difficulty.