育て上げる・育てあげる|そだてあげるsodateageru[5]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
育て上げる育て上げる, written with kanji and kana, is the more common form and the recommended choice for beginners.
育てあげる育てあげる, also written with kanji and kana, is less common than 育て上げる; use it as an alternative rather than the default choice.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 育て上げる（そだてあげる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 育て上げます（そだてあげます） |
| Negative (nai) | 育て上げない（そだてあげない） |
| polite (masen) | 育て上げません（そだてあげません） |
| classical zu / nu | 育て上げず・育て上げぬ（そだてあげず・そだてあげぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 育て上げた（そだてあげた） |
| polite (mashita) | 育て上げました（そだてあげました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 育て上げなかった（そだてあげなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 育て上げませんでした（そだてあげませんでした） |
| Te form | 育て上げて（そだてあげて） |
| Potential | 育て上げられる（そだてあげられる） |
| Passive | 育て上げられる（そだてあげられる） |
| Causative | 育て上げさせる（そだてあげさせる） |
| Causative passive | 育て上げさせられる（そだてあげさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 育て上げれば（そだてあげれば） |
| tara | 育て上げたら（そだてあげたら） |
| Volitional | 育て上げよう（そだてあげよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 育て上げましょう（そだてあげましょう） |
| Imperative | 育て上げろ（そだてあげろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym育てるそだてるNeutralThe neutral everyday word for raising and training; stresses the process of care and education, not the headword's sense of seeing a child through to adulthood.
- Synonym養育よういくWrittenWritten noun for bringing up children, as in 「養育費」; unlike the headword it names the act of rearing rather than describing it.
- Synonym養い育てるやしないそだてるWrittenWritten phrase for feeding and caring for a child or animal as it grows; leans more toward providing for someone than 「育て上げる」 does.
- Synonym扶育ふいくWrittenRare written word for looking after and bringing up children; hardly used in modern Japanese.
- Related育成いくせいWrittenWritten noun for nurturing something to maturity, used above all for developing talent or industry, as in 「人材育成」.
- Related育むはぐくむWrittenWritten verb for nurturing something with tender, loving care, or for fostering feelings and hopes; more figurative and affectionate than the headword.
- Related培養ばいようWrittenWritten noun for cultivation, most typically growing bacteria, cells or plants artificially; also used for fostering skills or national strength.
- Related培うつちかうWrittenWritten verb for cultivating, especially for building up ability or character little by little; it began as tending plants by banking soil around them.
- Related養うやしなうNeutralNeutral verb for supporting someone financially or feeding them, as in 「家族を養う」; centers on providing a living, not on rearing to adulthood.
- Related涵養かんようFormalFormal word for cultivating character or virtue gradually and imperceptibly, the way water soaks into ground.
- Antonym見捨てるみすてるNeutralAntonym: to abandon or turn one's back on someone in need — the opposite of lovingly raising a child to adulthood.
- Antonym潰すつぶすNeutralAntonym: to crush, wreck or ruin something — the opposite of building a person or business up by hand.
Use 「育て上げる」 for raising a child or talent all the way to adulthood or maturity, as in 「女手一つで育て上げる」. In everyday speech 「育てる」 is the default; 「育成」 covers developing talent, 「育む」 tender nurturing, 「養う」 providing a living, and 「見捨てる」 and 「潰す」 are its opposites.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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