I Love Kanji育てる (sodateru)
育てる (そだてる, sodateru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to raise; to rear”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そだてる
- Romaji
- sodateru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to raise; to rear; to bring up · ichidan verb, transitive
- to train; to teach; to educate · ichidan verb, transitive
- to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 育てる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 育てる | そだてる sodateru |
| Polite (~masu) | 育てます | そだてます sodatemasu |
| Negative | 育てない | そだてない sodatenai |
| Polite negative | 育てません | そだてません sodatemasen |
| Past | 育てた | そだてた sodateta |
| Polite past | 育てました | そだてました sodatemashita |
| Negative past | 育てなかった | そだてなかった sodatenakatta |
| Te-form | 育てて | そだてて sodatete |
| Potential | 育てられる | そだてられる sodaterareru |
| Passive | 育てられる | そだてられる sodaterareru |
| Causative | 育てさせる | そだてさせる sodatesaseru |
| Volitional | 育てよう | そだてよう sodateyou |
| Imperative | 育てろ | そだてろ sodatero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 育てれば | そだてれば sodatereba |
Kanji in 育てる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 育てる.
教育きょういくeducation育つそだつto be raised (e.g. child)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 1160570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.