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Breakdown of umareru
life
生
Your life depends on one cow, who gives you milk every day. Better take good care of it!
Usages of umareru
どこ で 生まれました か？doko de umaremashita ka?
Where were (you) born?
一千 九百 八十 四年 三月 二十 一日 に 生まれました。issen kyuuhyaku hachijuu yonen sangatsu nijuu ichinichi ni umaremashita.
(I) was born on March 21, 1984.
彼 は 外国 で 生まれました。kare wa gaikoku de umaremashita.
He was born in a foreign country.
どうして 生まれた か？doushite umareta ka?
Why was I born?
父方 の お婆さん は 海外 で 生まれました。chichikata no obaasan wa kaigai de umaremashita.
My paternal grandmother was born overseas.
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