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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

育はぐくむ

hagukumu

to nurture, to foster

Example sentences

  1. 政治意識せいじいしきを育はぐくむには時間じかんがかかる。

    Developing political awareness takes time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ただ計算方法けいさんほうほうを教おしえるのではなく、算数さんすうする心こころを育はぐくむことが大切たいせつだ。

    It is important to foster an arithmetic way of thinking, rather than merely to teach how to calculate.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. また、こうした書籍類しょせきるいでさまざまな妖怪ようかいを紹介しょうかいすることが、当時とうじの年少ねんしょうの読者どくしゃたちの情緒じょうちょや想像性そうぞうせいを育はぐくんだとする好意的こういてきな見方みかたもある。

    Furthermore, there is a favorable view that says that introducing various yokai characters through these books nurtured creativity and emotional development of young readers of the time.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 育

  • 育bring up; grow upOnイクKunそだつ・そだち・はぐくむ

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