生い立ち

• 読み: おいたち
• ローマ字: oitachi
• 漢字の分解: 生 (sei/i) — life, grow; い立ち — rising/standing (hiragana portion)
• 発音: /o.i.ta.tɕi/

意味

One's upbringing; personal history; background. The circumstances and environment in which a person grew up.

A compound of the archaic verb stem 生い (growth, from 生いる meaning to grow up) and 立ち (rising, from 立つ). Refers to the environment and experiences that shaped a person during their formative years. Used in biographical writing, interviews, counselling, and literature — especially when explaining why someone became who they are. The hiragana and kanji form 生い立ち is standard.

例文

1. 彼女の生い立ちを知れば、なぜ彼女が福祉の仕事を選んだかが自然と理解できる。
2. 困難な生い立ちを乗り越えた作家が、自伝の中で幼少期の体験を赤裸々に綴った。
3. 生い立ちがどうであれ、自分の人生は自分で切り開けると彼は信じていた。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, family, biography, society, psychology

トーン: reflective

起源と歴史

生い (archaic stem of 生いる, to grow up) + 立ち (from 立つ, to rise/stand). The image of growing upright from roots evokes the development of a person from early childhood through formative years.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Contemporary

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General