せいちょう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
2. growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
Kanji used
become
long
Pitch accent
いちょう
Top 1200
Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
growth period; growing season
growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
low (economic) growth
growth stock; person with future promise
logistic curve; growth curve
to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of
novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman
zero growth; zero economic growth; no-growth economy
rapid growth (of an economy, company, etc.)
growing market; growth market
liquid (phase) deposition; liquid (phase) epitaxy
growth path; route to growth
Examples (41 in total)
You've grown up.
Children grow very quickly.
His children have grown up.