子こ飼がい

noun

rearing from infancy; raising from a young age

Focuses on the act of raising a person or animal from a very young age, often implying a long-term, formative relationship.

• 彼かれは子こ飼がいの弟で子しに秘ひ伝でんをすべて伝つたえた。

  He passed on all the secret techniques to his disciple, whom he had raised from a young age.

• 子こ飼がいの犬いぬは飼かい主ぬしによく懐なつく。

  A dog raised from puppyhood becomes very attached to its owner.

noun

training from an early age; grooming from childhood

Emphasizes systematic training or education of a subordinate, apprentice, or protégé from an early stage, often in a professional or organizational context.

• あの政せい治じ家かは子こ飼がいの秘ひ書しょを次じ期き候こう補ほに据すえた。

  That politician positioned his long-time aide, whom he had groomed from early on, as the next candidate.

• 社しゃ長ちょうは子こ飼がいの社しゃ員いんを新しん部ぶ門もんの責せき任にん者しゃに抜ばっ擢てきした。

  The president appointed an employee he had trained from the beginning as the head of the new division.