産後

さんご · sango · JLPT N1 · noun

postpartum

👶 産 (give birth) + 後 (after) = after giving birth, the postpartum period

Sango is 産 (birth) + 後 (after). The 後 works like 食後 (after a meal), so 産後 means the period after childbirth.

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