To Bring Up
To Raise, To Cultivate
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This is similar to 育つ, except now you're doing the raising of someone. This word means to bring up or to raise. You can remember this because of the てる. Your version of bringing a child up involves tearing (てる) all their clothes to make them look poor so they can get the cheaper lunch at school. You're rich because of all the tax breaks you get from all the children you're raising, but you could always use more money to fuel your StarCraft addiction (we've all been there).
The reading comes from 育つ. So long as you know that one, you know how to read this one as well.
いっしょに育てる
to raise together
大切に育てる
to raise lovingly with care
大事に育てる
to raise with great care
人を育てる
to raise someone, to train someone
心を育てる
to nurture one's heart
力を育てる
to cultivate one's strength, to cultivate one's ability
みんなで育てる
to raise together with everyone
ベランダで育てる
to grow on the veranda
自分で育てる
to raise by oneself
ビエトとコウイチは、オフィスで野さいを育てるのが大好きです。
Viet and Koichi love growing vegetables in their office.
この子犬をわたしの代わりに育ててくれませんか。わたしが育てたいんですが、来月から海王星に転きんになってしまったんです。
Could you raise this puppy instead? I would love to do it, but I need to relocate to Neptune next month.
小学校の時、クラスで何を育ててた？うちのクラスはおたまじゃくしとハムスターとなすを育ててたんだけど、ハムスターはみんな逃げてねこに食べられちゃった。
What did you raise as a class when you were in elementary school? Our class was raising tadpoles, hamsters, and eggplants, but all of the hamsters ran away and got eaten by cats.