培う

• 読み: つちかう
• ローマ字: tsuchikau
• 漢字の分解: 培 (bai/tsuchika) — cultivate, foster, grow
• 発音: /tsɯ.tɕi.ka.ɯ/

意味

To cultivate; to foster; to nurture over time through sustained effort.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb used metaphorically for developing skills, abilities, or qualities through long-term effort. Unlike 育てる which can be used for raising children or plants, 培う specifically implies deliberate nurturing of abstract qualities like talent, trust, or cultural awareness.

例文

1. 海外生活で国際感覚を培った。
2. 子供のころから読書の習慣を培うことが大切だ。
3. 長年の経験で培った技術は貴重な財産だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: education, career development, personal growth

トーン: reflective

起源と歴史

From the kanji 培 meaning to cultivate, originally referring to piling earth around the base of a plant to help it grow. The metaphorical extension to fostering human qualities retains this sense of building up from the ground.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal