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engender in Japanese

engender in Japanese is 引き起こす, 発生 — engender means (old use) To father a child, or to conceive and carry one.

engender in Japanese

引き起こす
verb
Pronounced: hikiokosu
発生
verb
Pronounced: hassei

What does "engender" mean?

  1. verb (old use) To father a child, or to conceive and carry one.
  2. verb To bring a living creature into being.
  3. verb To cause a situation, feeling or result to come about.
    "Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart managed to engender "Better Be Good to Me" and "I Must Love You," but they were neither lyrically nor musically up to standards of their Garrick Gaieties or A Connecticut Yankee."
  4. verb To come into being or take shape as a result of something.
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engender in a sentence

  • Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart managed to engender "Better Be Good to Me" and "I Must Love You," but they were neither lyrically nor musically up to standards of their Garrick Gaieties or A Connecticut Yankee.
  • Manufacturing is not simply about brute or emergency economics. It's also about a sense of involvement and achievement engendered by shaping and crafting useful, interesting, well-designed things.

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What is "engender" in Japanese?
"engender" in Japanese is 引き起こす, 発生. engender means: (old use) To father a child, or to conceive and carry one.
How do you pronounce 引き起こす?
"engender" in Japanese is 引き起こす, pronounced "hikiokosu".
Are there other ways to say "engender" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "engender": 引き起こす, 発生.
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