生おい立たち

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

growth; development

Refers to the process of growing up, physically or mentally, or the way something has developed over time.

子こ供どもの生おい立たちを見み守まもるのは親おやの役やく目めだ。
It is a parent's role to watch over a child's growth.
この町まちの生おい立たちは古ふるい港みなと町まちとして始はじまった。
The development of this town began as an old port town.

2

early life; upbringing; personal history

Focuses on a person's background, childhood, and the circumstances that shaped them.

彼かれの生おい立たちは複ふく雑ざつで、幼おさない頃ころに両りょう親しんを亡なくした。
His personal history is complicated; he lost his parents when he was young.
生おい立たちが人ひと柄がらに与あたえる影えい響きょうは大おおきい。
One's upbringing has a great influence on their character.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の生おい立たちを語かたるto tell (someone's) life story or upbringing
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの生おい立たちを詳くわしく語かたった。
He talked in detail about his upbringing.
生おい立たちを振ふり返かえるto look back on one's early life
彼かの女じょは生おい立たちを振ふり返かえり、感かん謝しゃの気き持もちを述のべた。
She looked back on her upbringing and expressed her gratitude.
複ふく雑ざつな生おい立たちa complicated or troubled upbringing
彼かれは複ふく雑ざつな生おい立たちを持もつ人じん物ぶつとして知しられている。
He is known as someone with a complicated upbringing.
生おい立たちを調しらべるto investigate someone's background or life history
記き者しゃはその人じん物ぶつの生おい立たちを詳くわしく調しらべた。
The reporter thoroughly investigated the person's background.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
立stand up, rise, set up

Related words

育そだちN2sense 2
育ち focuses on the result of one's upbringing (as in 育ちがいい, 'well-bred'), while 生い立ち tells the narrative of how someone grew up.
経けい歴れきN1sense 2
経歴 covers one's career or professional record, whereas 生い立ち covers personal background and childhood.
半はん生せい sense 2
半生 refers to roughly half of a person's life story up to now, while 生い立ち focuses specifically on the early, formative years.
身みの上うえN1sense 2
身の上 refers broadly to one's personal circumstances or fate, while 生い立ち specifically describes the process of growing up.

Don't confuse with

生うまれN3
生い立ち refers to one's upbringing and personal history growing up, while 生まれ refers specifically to the fact or place of birth itself.

Written forms

生おい立たちUsage83%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
生おいたちUsage10%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not commonly used in modern writing.
おいたちUsage6%
生おい立たちUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not commonly used in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 生い (oi, 'growing', from verb 生う) + 立ち (tachi, 'standing', from verb 立つ). The combination refers to the process of growing up and establishing oneself.