育ち

そだち

Meanings

1. Noun growth; breeding
2. Noun suffix growing up (in, as); upbringing

Kanji

• 育 raise. Read as そだち.

Example sentences

• 人は氏より育ち。
  Birth is much, breeding is more.
• 私は生まれも育ちも東京だ。
  I was born and raised in Tokyo.
• 彼は生まれも育ちも東京です。
  He was born and brought up in Tokyo.
• 彼女は育ちがよい。
  She is well brought up.
• トムは生まれも育ちもボストンだ。
  Tom was born and raised in Boston.

Common phrases

• 育ちがいい (そだちがいい) well-bred

Words containing 育ち

• 町育ち (まちそだち) being raised in a town
• 田舎育ち (いなかそだち) country-bred
• 島育ち (しまそだち) brought up on an island

And 12 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1
• Spoken

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