そだ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, つ, intransitive)
1. to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child
nature itself is a good mother; (lit.) even without parents, children grow up
Examples (44 in total)
I grew up around here.
I grew up in a very small town.
I grew up near the ocean.
I grew up in that neighborhood.
I was raised in Yokohama.
Where in Australia did you grow up?
Laura Ingalls grew up on the prairie.
This is the house where he was brought up.
That's just how I was raised.
I grew up near here.
He grew up in a little village.
Where in Japan did you grow up?
Do mushrooms grow in places like this?
No plant can grow in this climate.
He was raised in an artistic family.
I was born and brought up in Matsuyama.
Where in Austria did you grow up?
I thought you grew up in Boston.
Coconuts grew on my island.
I grew up watching Pokemon.
Where was he born and raised?
We grew up within our family circle.
He must have been brought up in a good family.
I was born in Osaka, but I was brought up in Tokyo.
This land gives good crops.
I want to see the house Tom grew up in.
I grew up on the south side of Chicago.
This kind of plant grows only in the tropical regions.
He was raised in the United States, but his native language is Japanese.
American children grow up hearing those words.
She grew up near the sea, yet she hates swimming.
She grew up in the harsh environment of New York City.
Nothing seems to grow in this soil.
Tom grew up in an isolated village deep in the mountains.
One third of the friends I grew up with are dead.
Some plants grow well with a minimum of care.
It is true Wendy grew up at the seaside, but she isn't a good swimmer.
Having been brought up in America, my father speaks English fluently.
Many plants and crops grow here thanks to the mild climate.
I grew up with dogs and I still love them, but nowadays I'm a cat person.
She watched the gardens grow, and she watched the apples turn red and ripen.
I didn't know that apple trees grew from seeds.
Tom raises Arabian horses.
Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.