そだてる – Vocabulary details

そだてる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to raise; to rear; to bring up

この街まちが俺おれを育そだててくれたんだ。This town raised me.

2. to train; to teach; to educate

それに、後あとに続つづく奴やつも育そだてないとな。Besides, I also need to train the ones who'll come after me.

3. to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop

この気き持もちを育そだてても良よいのだろうか。Is it okay to nurture this feeling?

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to bring up indulgently; to coddle

to bring up; to foster; to rear

母ぼ乳にゅうでそだてたいのです。

I'd like to breast-feed my baby.

心こころをそだてるとは何なにか。

What does it mean to nurture the heart?

そだてたのは私わたしたちなの。

We are the ones who raised them.

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