Meaning

Primary

To Be Raised

Alternatives

To Be Brought Up, To Grow Up

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means raise so the verb vocab version means to be raised.

P.S. This word is for when you are being raised, not when you are doing the raising of someone. That's 育てる. You'll learn it later.

Reading

そだつ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

When you were raised, you were raised completely on soda (そだ). That's all you drank. No water, no juice... just tons and tons of soda. Imagine this.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 心が育つ

    the heart develops

    人が育つ

    a person is raised

    赤ちゃんが育つ

    the baby develops

Context Sentences

わたしは東京で生まれ育ちました。

I was born and raised in Tokyo.

わたしはとてもきびしい家ていで、ベーコンを食べて育ちました。

I was raised on bacon in a very strict household.

私は明治神宮がとっても好きなの。森が、自然の森として育つように計算して造られているので、とても美しいし、自然的な空間なの。

I really like the Meiji Shrine because its forest was carefully designed to mimic a natural forest and because of that it’s beautiful and has a very natural atmosphere.

Kanji Composition