育む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はぐく
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
哺む

Etymology

Possibly From () (ha, wing) + (くく) (kukumu, to contain).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぐく [hàgúkúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ɡɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(はぐく) or (はごく) • (hagukumu or hagokumu) transitive godan (stem (はぐく) (hagukumi), past (はぐく)んだ (hagukunda))

  1. raise, bring up, rear

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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