出産 and 誕生: giving birth and coming into being
Distinguish the person giving birth from the one born, and learn figurative uses of 誕生.
The person giving birth
出産, read しゅっさん, means childbirth. 姉が子どもを出産しました。 says that an older sister gave birth to a child.
出産の知らせを受け取りました。 means receiving news of a birth. Do not make the recipient the person who gave birth.
The one coming into being
誕生, read たんじょう, means birth or coming into being. 新しい命が誕生しました。 says that a new life was born.
誕生を祝いました。 means celebrating a birth. The celebrant and the one born have separate roles.
Birth beyond people
新しい会社が誕生しました。 says that a new company came into being. It figuratively describes the start of an organization.
Do not replace this with 会社が出産しました. Distinguishing who gives birth from what comes into being clarifies the two nouns' patterns.
In 姉が子どもを出産しました, who gave birth and who was born?
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The older sister gave birth, and the child was born.