cultivating
栽培する
解説 Definition
cultivating は cultivate（栽培する、耕す）の現在分詞・動名詞です。作物や植物を育てる行為を表し、畑や庭で計画的に世話をして育てる文脈で使われます。
The present participle or gerund of cultivate, referring to the deliberate process of preparing land and caring for crops or plants so that they grow successfully.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 cultivate「耕す・育てる」の語末の無音の e を落として -ing を付けた形で、発音の強勢や子音は原形と変わりません。「土を耕して作物を計画的に育てる」場面を核に、cultivating rice／herbs／vegetables の組み合わせで覚えると、単なる grow より人が手をかける含みをつかめます。
Connect cultivating directly with the base verb cultivate. To form it, drop the final silent e and add -ing; the stress and consonant sounds remain essentially the same. Picture a farmer repeatedly preparing soil, watering plants, and controlling weeds. This image captures the deliberate care implied by cultivating, which is more specific than simply saying that something is growing. Learn it in common combinations such as cultivating rice, cultivating herbs, and cultivating vegetables, especially when the sentence focuses on the activity in progress or treats that activity as a process.
例文
Farmers are cultivating rice in the valley.
農家の人たちは谷あいで米を栽培しています。
She is cultivating herbs in small pots.
彼女は小さな鉢でハーブを栽培しています。
The class learned about cultivating vegetables without chemicals.
その授業では、化学薬品を使わずに野菜を栽培することを学びました。
cultivating の類義語・関連語
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cultivating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
cultivating は cultivate の進行形で、ラテン語 cultivare「耕す・育てる」に由来します。語根 cult- には「世話する、耕す」の感覚があり、土地や能力を丹念に育てる意味が見えます。関連語は culture, agriculture。
Cultivating is the -ing form of cultivate, formed by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing. Cultivate entered English through Latin cultivare, meaning “to till or care for,” from cultus, associated with tending and cultivation. Its central image is sustained care applied to land or living things. Culture and agriculture are historically related, although their modern meanings have developed in different directions.
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