I Love Kanji育つ (sodatsu)
育つ (そだつ, sodatsu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そだつ
- Romaji
- sodatsu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up) · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 育つ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 育つ | そだつ sodatsu |
| Polite (~masu) | 育ちます | そだちます sodachimasu |
| Negative | 育たない | そだたない sodatanai |
| Polite negative | 育ちません | そだちません sodachimasen |
| Past | 育った | そだった sodatta |
| Polite past | 育ちました | そだちました sodachimashita |
| Negative past | 育たなかった | そだたなかった sodatanakatta |
| Te-form | 育って | そだって sodatte |
| Potential | 育てる | そだてる sodateru |
| Passive | 育たれる | そだたれる sodatareru |
| Causative | 育たせる | そだたせる sodataseru |
| Volitional | 育とう | そだとう sodatou |
| Imperative | 育て | そだて sodate |
| Conditional (~ba) | 育てば | そだてば sodateba |
Kanji in 育つ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 育つ.
教育きょういくeducation育てるそだてるto raise体育たいいくphysical education育児いくじchildcare飼育しいくbreeding育成いくせいrearing生育せいいくbirth and growth育ちそだちgrowth発育はついく(physical) growth保育ほいくnurturing成育せいいくgrowth (to maturity)
Source: JMdict entry 1160540 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.