育てる
そだてる
hepburn sodateru
to raise, to bring up (transitive)
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
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Examples
- 母は三人の子供を育てました。My mother raised three children.
- 庭で野菜を育てています。I am growing vegetables in the garden.
Collocations
子供を育てる野菜を育てる大切に育てる人を育てる育てやすい
Mnemonic
育てる sodateru — kanji 育 (to nurture) + the ichidan ending てる. Transitive: to raise a child, plant, or talent (object marked with を). Its intransitive partner is 育つ (sodatsu, to grow up). 育 is the same kanji as in 教育 (education) and 発育 (growth).
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