育つ
そだつ · sodatsu
To be raised (e.g. child), to be brought up, to grow (up)
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falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
How it’s used
Intransitive verb used for children, animals, or plants growing up; the transitive counterpart is 育てる.
Don't confuse with 育児 (ikuji, child-rearing as a noun) or the transitive 育てる (sodateru), which needs an object.
Example sentences
彼は田舎で育った。
He was raised in the countryside.
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この木は早く育つ。
This tree grows quickly.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 育ちますそだちます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 育ちませんそだちません |
| Polite past (ました) | 育ちましたそだちました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 育ちませんでしたそだちませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 育ちましょうそだちましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 育ちそだち |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 育ちたいそだちたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 育ちながらそだちながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 育ってそだって |
| Plain past (た形) | 育ったそだった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 育ったらそだったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 育っているそだっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 育たないそだたない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 育たなかったそだたなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 育たなくてそだたなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 育てるそだてる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 育てばそだてば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 育てそだて |
| Volitional (意向形) | 育とうそだとう |
| Passive (受身形) | 育たれるそだたれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 育たせるそだたせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 育たされるそだたされる |
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What does 育つ mean?
To be raised (e.g. child), to be brought up, to grow (up).
How do you pronounce 育つ?
そだつ (sodatsu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 育つ?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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