育ち|そだちsodachi[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. noungrowth; breeding
2. noun (suffix)growing up (in, as); upbringing
   私は生うまれも育そだちも東京とうきょうだ。↗

   I was born and raised in Tokyo.

• Synonym成長せいちょうNeutralNeutral. Covers growing up, maturing as a person, and growth of firms or the economy; 「育ち」 stresses the environment one grew up in and upbringing, as in 「育ちがいい」.
• Synonym発育はついくNeutralNeutral. Physical growth and development, as in 「発育不良」, common in medicine and childcare; 「育ち」 can cover growth too but usually means environment and upbringing.
• Synonym成育せいいくWrittenWritten/formal prose. People or animals growing to maturity, seen mostly in professional writing; 「育ち」 stresses the growth environment and upbringing.
• Related成熟せいじゅくNeutralNeutral. Ripening of fruit, and figuratively of timing or of mind and body; 「育ち」 centers on the growth environment and upbringing, not a reached state.
• Related発達はったつNeutralNeutral. Development of body and mind toward a fuller state, plus skills advancing and typhoons intensifying; 「育ち」 instead points to the environment one grew up in.
• Related生長せいちょうNeutralNeutral. Mostly the growth of plants, as in 「稲の生長」, though it can also mean being born and raised; 「育ち」 stresses a person's environment and upbringing.

Use 「育ち」 for the environment one grew up in and one's upbringing, as in 「東京育ち」「育ちがいい」. For growth or increase pick 「成長」, for physical development 「発育」, for plants 「生長」; 「成熟」 means ripeness, 「発達」 development, and 「成育」 is formal.

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1. 成育せいいく。成長せいちょう。
2. 育そだて方かた。
3. その場所ばしょや環境かんきょうで育そだつこと。