育てる

Reading

Kana: そだてる

Romaji: sodateru

Definitions

v1

vt

1

to raise; to rear; to bring up

2

to train; to teach; to educate

3

to promote the growth of...; to nurture; to foster; to develop

Kanji

育

Readings: イク、 そだ.つ、 そだ.ち、 そだ.てる、 はぐく.む

Meanings: bring up, grow up, raise, rear

Example Sentences

母乳(ぼにゅう)で育(そだ)てています。

➥I'm breast-feeding my baby.

母乳(ぼにゅう)で育(そだ)てたいのです。

➥I'd like to breast-feed my baby.

私(わたし)は田舎(いなか)で育(そだ)てられた。

➥I was brought up in the country.

読書(どくしょ)は精神(せいしん)を育(そだ)てる。

➥Reading develops the mind.

彼(かれ)はおじに育(そだ)てられた。

➥He was brought up by his uncle.

私(わたし)は祖母(そぼ)に育(そだ)てられた。

➥I was brought up by my grandmother.