The act of giving birth; childbirth or delivery (the process of a baby being born).
来月、妻が第一子を出産する予定だ。
My wife is due to give birth to our first child next month.
出産時には立ち会った助産師がとても頼りになった。
The midwife who attended the birth was very helpful.
無痛分娩は出産の痛みを和らげる方法の一つだ。
Epidural-assisted childbirth is one way to alleviate labor pain.
Production or creation of goods; sometimes used figuratively for producing results or products.
新工場の稼働で自動車の出産量が増えるわけではないが、生産性は上がるはずだ。
Opening the new factory won't literally increase births of cars, but productivity should improve.
この表現は比喩的で、実際には『新製品の出荷』という意味で使われることが多い。
This expression is figurative and is often used to mean 'shipping of new products' in practice.