和英辞書

水子

noun

an aborted or miscarried fetus / (archaic, now rare, etymology) a newborn baby

彼女は水子を失った後、長い間悲しみに暮れていた。

She was in deep sorrow for a long time after losing her miscarried fetus.

意味（1）

an aborted or miscarried fetus

意味（2）

(archaic, now rare, etymology) a newborn baby

c. 1120–1140, Konjaku Monogatarishū

c. 1120–1140, Konjaku Monogatarishū 其(そ)の家(いへ)に一人(ひとり)の若(みづ)子(こ)有(あり)て、庭(には)に腹(はら)這(ばひ)けるを、其(そ)の時(とき)に、鷲(わし)、空(そら)を飛(とび)て渡(わたり)ける間(ま)に、此(こ)の若(みづ)子(こ)の庭(には)に腹(はら)這(ばひ)を見(み)て、飛(とび)落(おち)て爴(つかみ)取(とり)て、空(そら)に昇(のぼり)て、遥(はるか)に東(ひがし)を指(さし)て飛(と)び去(い)にけり。

Sono ie ni hitori no mizuko arite, niwa ni harabaikeru o, sono toki ni, washi, sora o tobite watarikeru ma ni, kono mizuko no niwa ni harabai o mite, tobi-ochite tsukami-torite, sora ni noborite, haruka ni higashi o sashite tobi-inikeri.There was a newborn baby in that house, crawling in the garden, and then an eagle flying over the sky looked the newborn baby crawling in the garden, flew down and grabbed it, rose into the sky and flew away in the direction of the far east.