育成|いくせいikusei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 育成する（いくせいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 育成します（いくせいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 育成しない（いくせいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 育成しません（いくせいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 育成せず・育成せぬ（いくせいせず・いくせいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 育成した（いくせいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 育成しました（いくせいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 育成しなかった（いくせいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 育成しませんでした（いくせいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 育成して（いくせいして） |
| Potential | 育成できる（いくせいできる） |
| Passive | 育成される（いくせいされる） |
| Causative | 育成させる（いくせいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 育成させられる（いくせいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 育成すれば（いくせいすれば） |
| tara | 育成したら（いくせいしたら） |
| Volitional | 育成しよう（いくせいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 育成しましょう（いくせいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 育成しろ（いくせいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym培養ばいようWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers growing plants and culturing bacteria or cells, and also developing ability; 「育成」 leans toward planned development of talent or breeds.
- Synonym養育よういくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Bringing up children and providing for them, as in 「養育費」; it is about raising children in a home setting, while 「育成」 targets talent and breeds.
- Synonym養成ようせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Training people into professionals through education, as in 「教員養成」; leans toward vocational training.
- Synonym扶育ふいくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Caring for and raising someone; rare in modern Japanese — say 「育てる」 or 「養育」 in everyday speech.
- Related育むはぐくむWrittenWritten/formal prose. Tenderly nurturing, often abstract things, as in 「夢を育む」「愛を育む」; carries warmth, unlike planned 「育成」.
- Related育て上げるそだてあげるNeutralNeutral. Raising or training someone all the way to maturity or achievement — a child grown to adulthood, an athlete made top-class; stresses the end result.
- Related育てるそだてるNeutralNeutral. The everyday word for raising people, animals or plants; 「育成」 is the more formal, planned development of talent.
- Related保育ほいくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A parent nursing and feeding its young, mainly animals; 「育成」 is about planned development of talent or breeds.
- Related培うつちかうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Building up ability or qualities over the long term, as in 「経験で培った力」; stresses steady accumulation.
- Related養うやしなうNeutralNeutral. Supporting someone financially, as in 「家族を養う」; also used for building ability, but leans toward providing a living.
- Related哺育ほいくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A parent nursing and feeding its young, mainly animals; 「育成」 is about planned development of talent or breeds.
- Related養い育てるやしないそだてるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Feeding and caring for a child or animal so it grows; few actual examples — say 「育てる」 in daily speech.
- Related涵養かんようFormalFormal. Gradually instilling character or virtue, like water soaking into soil; also means groundwater recharge. Leans toward inner cultivation.
- Related陶冶とうやFormalFormal. Refining personality and developing innate gifts, as in 「人格の陶冶」; education-flavored cultivation of the whole person.
- Antonym阻害そがいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Blocking or hindering something, as in 「成長を阻害する」; the opposite of 「育成」, which fosters growth.
Use 「育成」 for planned development of talent or breeds, as in 「人材育成」「選手の育成」. In everyday speech say 「育てる」; use 「養成」 for training professionals and 「養育」 for bringing up children. 「培養」 covers plants and cell cultures, 「育む」 tender nurturing of abstract things, and 「阻害」 is the opposite, hindering growth.
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