育てる|そだてるsodateru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto raise; to rear; to bring up
   叔父おじが今日きょうの私を育そだててくれた。↗

   My uncle has made me what I am.
2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto train; to teach; to educate
3. ichidan verb, transitive verbto promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop

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• Synonym育て上げるそだてあげるNeutralRaising a child all the way to adulthood, as in 「一人で三人を育て上げる」 — it adds a nuance of completion that 「育てる」 lacks.
• Synonym養育よういくWrittenWritten word for bringing up children, as in 「養育費」. Common in legal, welfare and childcare contexts.
• Synonym栽培さいばいWrittenMainly growing plants or mushrooms, as in 「野菜を栽培する」; it can also cover raising fish, as in 「栽培漁業」. It is never used for bringing up people.
• Synonym仕込むしこむCasualColloquial: to drill or train someone in a skill, as in 「芸を仕込む」; it also means stocking up on goods or supplies.
• Synonym培うつちかうWrittenWritten word, mostly for building up abilities or qualities over time, as in 「経験を培う」. It can apply to plants or children too, but abstract objects are the norm.
• Synonym育むはぐくむWrittenWritten word for nurturing something with loving care, as in 「愛を育む」 — it carries a warm, tender nuance; it can also mean bringing up a child.
• Synonym哺育ほいくWrittenWritten word for a parent animal nursing and feeding its young, as in 「哺育期」. The focus is on feeding, and the object is usually animals.
• Synonym扶育ふいくWrittenRare written word for caring for and raising someone, close to 「養育」. In everyday speech, say 「育てる」.
• Related扶養ふようWrittenFinancial support for one's family, as in 「扶養家族」. It centers on covering living costs and does not include education or upbringing.
• Related育成いくせいWrittenWritten word for the planned development of talent or the rearing of animals and plants, as in 「人材育成」.
• Related培養ばいようWrittenArtificial cultivation of microorganisms or cells, as in 「細胞培養」; it is also used figuratively for fostering things like national strength.
• Related養うやしなうNeutralTo support someone's living, as in 「家族を養う」 — the emphasis is on earning a living for the family; it can also mean developing an ability.
• Related生育せいいくWrittenWritten word for how plants and animals grow, as in 「稲の生育」; also for bearing and raising children. It stresses the growth process; 「育てる」 stresses the caretaker's effort.
• Related保育ほいくNeutralAs 「保育」, the modern word is looking after small children, as in 「保育園」; as 「哺育」, it is feeding animal young. Both are more specialized than 「育てる」.
• Related養殖ようしょくWrittenWritten word for artificially farming fish and shellfish, as in 「養殖ウナギ」. Its objects are limited to seafood and the like.
• Related養い育てるやしないそだてるNeutralTo feed and care for someone until grown; it stresses the providing and feeding side more than 「育てる」 does.
• Related涵養かんようWrittenWritten word for gradually cultivating character or virtues, as in 「道徳心を涵養する」; it also means the recharge of groundwater.
• Antonym捨てるすてるNeutralAntonym: to abandon or throw away, as in 「子を捨てる」 — the direct opposite of 「育てる」 with its sense of caring for and raising.

「育てる」 is the everyday default for raising children, animals or plants and for training. 「育て上げる」 adds the sense of raising to adulthood; 「養う」 is supporting a family; 「扶養」 is financial support; 「育成」 is planned development of talent; 「栽培」 is growing plants; 「育む」 is tender, careful nurturing. Others are narrower: 「養育」 and 「保育」 for childcare, 「哺育」 for nursing animal young, 「生育」 for growth, 「培養」 for cells, 「養殖」 for farmed seafood, 「涵養」 and 「培う」 for character, 「仕込む」 for drilling. 「捨てる」 is the antonym: to abandon.

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1. 動物どうぶつ・植物しょくぶつに栄養えいようを与あたえ、成長せいちょうさせる。
2. 子供こどもの生活せいかつの世話せわをし、または社会しゃかいで必要ひつような知識ちしきなどを教おしえ、成長せいちょうするのを助たすける。
3. 教導きょうどうや訓練くんれんによりその地位ちいにふさわしい力ちからを身みに着つけさせる。育成いくせいする。
4. 事業じぎょうや組織そしきなどを小規模しょうきぼな状態じょうたいから発展はってんさせる。
5. 考かんがえや気持きもちなどをふくらませて大おおきくしていく。