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育てる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	育そだてる	育そだてない
Polite	育そだてます	育そだてません
Past polite	育そだてました	育そだてませんでした
Past	育そだてた	育そだてなかった
Te-form	育そだてて	育そだてないで
Desire	育そだてたい	育そだてたくない
Potential	育そだてられるalso 育そだてれる	育そだてられないalso 育そだてれない
Passive	育そだてられる	育そだてられない
Causative	育そだてさせる	育そだてさせない
Causative passive	育そだてさせられる	育そだてさせられない
Volitional	育そだてよう
Polite volitional	育そだてましょう
Imperative	育そだてろ	育そだてるな
Conditional	育そだてれば	育そだてなければ
Tara conditional	育そだてたら	育そだてなかったら

Pairs with育つ

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

raise; rear; bring up

Used for raising children, animals, or plants with care and attention.

彼かの女じょは三さん人にんの子こ供どもを育そだてた。
She raised three children.
祖そ母ぼは庭にわで花はなを育そだてている。
My grandmother grows flowers in the garden.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

train; teach; educate

Focuses on developing skills, knowledge, or character through instruction or discipline.

彼かれは若わかい選せん手しゅを育そだてるのが上手じょうずだ。
He is good at training young athletes.
良よい教きょう師しは生せい徒との才さい能のうを育そだてる。
A good teacher cultivates students' talents.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

nurture; foster; develop

Emphasizes promoting growth or development in a broader sense, such as nurturing a business, relationship, or abstract quality.

彼かれは小ちいさな店みせを大おおきな会かい社しゃに育そだてた。
He grew a small shop into a large company.
友ゆう情じょうを育そだてるには時じ間かんがかかる。
It takes time to nurture a friendship.

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Usage patterns

〈植しょく物ぶつ〉を育そだてるto grow/cultivate (a plant)
庭にわでトマトを育そだてている。
I'm growing tomatoes in the garden.
才さい能のうを育そだてるto nurture someone's talent
この学がっ校こうは子こ供どもたちの才さい能のうを育そだてることを目め指ざしている。
This school aims to nurture the children's talents.
一ひと人りで〈人ひと〉を育そだてるto raise someone by oneself
彼かの女じょは一人ひとりで息子むすこを育そだてている。
She is raising her son by herself.
大たい切せつに育そだてるto raise (someone/something) with loving care
この犬いぬは大たい切せつに育そだてられてきた。
This dog has been raised with great care.
人じん材ざいを育そだてるto develop/train personnel
会かい社しゃは若わかい人じん材ざいを育そだてることに力ちからを入いれている。
The company is putting effort into developing young talent.

Expressions

甘あまやかして育そだてるbring up indulgently; coddle; spoil

Kanji

育bring up, grow up, raise

Transitive / intransitive

育そだつN3sense 1
育てる is transitive (someone raises a child or plant), while 育つ is intransitive (a child or plant grows up on its own).

Related words· 14

育いく成せいN1sense 3
育成する is a formal, often business or institutional term for developing skills or talent, whereas 育てる is the everyday word usable for children, plants, or abstract growth alike.
養やしなうN2sense 1
養う emphasizes providing food, money, or support to sustain someone, while 育てる focuses on the overall process of raising and nurturing.
教きょう育いくN4sense 2
教育する specifically means to educate or instruct, a narrower and more formal notion than 育てる's broader sense of raising or nurturing.
手てがけるN1
育てる is the standard, everyday verb for raising children, animals, or plants, while 手がける in this sense adds a nuance of close, hands-on personal care.

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育はぐくむN1
育てる is the general, everyday word for raising or bringing up anything, while 育む carries a stronger literary nuance of affectionate, patient nurturing.
しつけるN1
育てる means to raise or bring up a child in a broad sense, while 仕付ける focuses narrowly on training manners and discipline.
培つちかう
育てる is the broad, concrete verb for raising children, animals, plants, or skills, while 培う is reserved for the slow, deliberate cultivation of abstract qualities like trust or culture.
飼かうN4
育てる is used broadly for raising children, plants, or animals with a focus on nurturing growth, while 飼う is specifically about keeping and caring for animals as pets or livestock.
生はやすN1
育てる means to raise or nurture something like a child, animal, or plant over time, whereas 生やす specifically refers to growing hair, whiskers, or plants (often on one's body or land).
植うえるN4
育てる means to raise or nurture something after it has started growing, whereas 植える is specifically the act of putting it into the soil in the first place.
飼し育いくN2
育てる covers raising anything (children, plants, animals) in a broad developmental sense, whereas 飼育 is specifically about caring for animals under human control.
仕し立たてるN1
育てる is the everyday word for raising or nurturing someone (children, plants, animals), while 仕立てる in this sense stresses molding a person into a specific skill or role.
伸のばすN4
育てる means to raise or nurture a person, skill, or organism over time, while 伸ばす focuses narrowly on increasing or bringing out an existing ability or result.
鍛きたえるN2
育てる is the broad word for raising or developing a person or thing over time, while 鍛える is narrower, implying strict, repeated training to build strength or discipline.

Don't confuse with

飼かうN4sense 1
飼う means to keep and feed a pet or livestock, while 育てる implies actively nurturing growth or development, so 飼う is narrower and doesn't cover children or abstract things.

Word family· 8

育そだて
bringing up; raising
子こ育そだてN3
child-rearing; parenting
育そだて上あげる
raise to maturity; bring up; rear; train; educate
歯は育そだて
dental health for babies and young children
育そだて方かた
way of raising; method of bringing up

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育そだて親おや
foster parent
育そだての親おや
foster parent; adoptive parent
養やしない育そだてる
bring up; foster; rear

Written forms

育そだてるUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling.
そだてるUsage1%

Etymology

Derived from the intransitive verb 育つ (そだつ) with the addition of the transitive/causative suffix 〜える, indicating the action of causing to grow or develop.