What does 育てる mean?
育てる is a Japanese verb meaning “to raise, to bring up” in English. It can also be translated as “to train, to promote the growth of” depending on context. It is written as 育てる in kanji, そだてる in hiragana, and sodateru in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.
Example sentence
叔父が今日の私を育ててくれた。
My uncle has made me what I am.
Conjugation of 育てる
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Plain | 育てるそだてる | 育てないそだてない |
| Plain past | 育てたそだてた | 育てなかったそだてなかった |
| Polite | 育てますそだてます | 育てませんそだてません |
| Polite past | 育てましたそだてました | 育てませんでしたそだてませんでした |
Other forms
Te-form育ててそだてて
Potential育てられるそだてられる
Passive育てられるそだてられる
Volitional育てようそだてよう
Causative育てさせるそだてさせる
Conditional育てればそだてれば
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Intransitive partner
育てる (someone does it)·育つ (it happens by itself)
育てる describes someone doing something to a thing. 育つ describes it happening by itself. Japanese keeps these apart where English often uses one verb for both.