育はぐくむ

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育む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	育はぐくむ	育はぐくまない
Polite	育はぐくみます	育はぐくみません
Past polite	育はぐくみました	育はぐくみませんでした
Past	育はぐくんだ	育はぐくまなかった
Te-form	育はぐくんで	育はぐくまないで
Desire	育はぐくみたい	育はぐくみたくない
Potential	育はぐくめる	育はぐくめない
Passive	育はぐくまれる	育はぐくまれない
Causative	育はぐくませる	育はぐくませない
Causative passive	育はぐくませられるalso 育はぐくまされる	育はぐくませられないalso 育はぐくまされない
Volitional	育はぐくもう
Polite volitional	育はぐくみましょう
Imperative	育はぐくめ	育はぐくむな
Conditional	育はぐくめば	育はぐくまなければ
Tara conditional	育はぐくんだら	育はぐくまなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

raise; bring up; rear

Used for raising children, animals, or plants with care and affection. Implies a nurturing, protective role over time.

彼かの女じょは三さん人にんの子こ供どもを愛あい情じょう深ぶかく育はぐくんだ。
She lovingly raised three children.
この地ち域いきでは昔むかしから蚕かいこを育はぐくんできた。
Silkworms have been raised in this region since old times.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

cultivate; foster; nurture

Used for abstract things like feelings, relationships, talents, or culture. Emphasizes gradual development through care and effort.

友ゆう情じょうを育はぐくむには時じ間かんがかかる。
It takes time to cultivate a friendship.
読どく書しょは想そう像ぞう力りょくを育はぐくむ。
Reading nurtures the imagination.

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Usage patterns

愛あい情じょうを育はぐくむto nurture love or affection (for someone)
二人ふたりは長ながい時じ間かんをかけて愛あい情じょうを育はぐくんだ。
The two of them nurtured their love over a long time.
友ゆう情じょうを育はぐくむto build up a friendship
学がっ校こう生せい活かつの中なかで深ふかい友ゆう情じょうを育はぐくんだ。
They built a deep friendship during their school life.
才さい能のうを育はぐくむ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はぐくむことを目め指ざしている。
This school aims to nurture children's talents.
夢ゆめを育はぐくむto nurture a dream
幼おさない頃ころからの夢ゆめを育はぐくんできた。
I have nurtured my dream since childhood.
〈場ば所しょ〉で〈人ひと〉を育はぐくむto raise someone with care in a place
自し然ぜん豊ゆたかな環かん境きょうで子こ供どもを育はぐくむ。
To raise a child with care in a nature-rich environment.

Kanji

育bring up, grow up, raise

Related words

育そだてるN4
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.
培つちかう sense 2
培う focuses on cultivating abilities, experience, or qualities through effort over time, whereas 育む emphasizes warm, caring nurturing of feelings or living things.
養やしなうN2sense 1
養う centers on providing material support such as food or money to sustain someone, while 育む focuses on emotional care and gradual development.
慈いつくしむ sense 1
慈しむ expresses tender love and affection itself, while 育む describes the ongoing process of nurturing something (a person, feeling, or talent) so it grows.
醸じょう成せい
育む implies nurturing something with personal care, like a relationship or talent, while 醸成 focuses on creating a collective mood or condition.

Opposites

蝕むしばむN1
育む means to nurture or foster something's growth, the opposite of 蝕む, which describes something being slowly eaten away or undermined.

Written forms

育はぐくむUsage67%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
はぐくむUsage31%
育はぐくむUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in normal writing.

Etymology

The kanji 育 means 'raise' or 'bring up'. The reading はぐくむ is of native Japanese origin; its exact derivation is uncertain, but it may be related to 羽 (は, 'wing') and 含む (ふくむ, 'to contain'), suggesting the image of a bird covering its young with its wings.