Meaning of 成長 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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成長JLPT 3
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Kana Readingせいちょう
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Romajiseichō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- growth; grow to adulthood
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Example Sentences
成長, せいちょう used in context
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「馬鹿」という言葉は、悪い言葉だと言われているが、私の成長してきた環境では、 それほど悪い言葉ではなかったように思う。
I'm told "idiot" is a bad word, but where I grew up it doesn't really feel that bad.
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「背が伸びて入らないわよね」「そう、断じて太ったわけではない！」「成長したという便利な言葉は我々の切り札」
We've got taller so they don't fit. "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."
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The market for luxury goods is growing fast.
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母親がたまたま美しいからと言って、必ずしもその娘が成長して美人になると言う事にはならない。
Just because a mother happens to be beautiful it does not necessarily follow that her daughter will grow up to be the same.
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Rice grows in warm climates.
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必ずしも成長段階の子供たちを、あまり細かい神経をつかって扱うべきでない。
Growing children should not always be handled with kid gloves.
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Kanji found in this word
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
On: セイ, ジョウ
Kun: な.る, な.す, -な.す
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