raising
育てる
解説 Definition
raising は raise（育てる、上げる）の動名詞・現在分詞で、ここでは「育てること」「育てている」という意味です。子どもや動物、植物を世話して成長させる場合に使います。
Raising means caring for children, animals, or plants and helping them grow or develop. It is the present participle or gerund of raise and, in this sense, normally takes the person, animal, or crop being cared for as its object.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
raising は原形 raise の語末の黙字 e を落として -ing を付けた形で、ここでは子ども・動物・植物を世話して成長させる「育てること／育てている」。raise は目的語を取る他動詞なので raise children、raise a puppy、raise tomatoes の形になる。自動詞 rise「上がる」と対比し、育つ対象を人が押し上げる感覚で覚える。
Raising is made from raise by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing: raise becomes raising. In this sense, imagine helping a child, puppy, or tomato plant move upward through growth. The key grammar point is that raise is transitive, so it takes an object: raise two children, raise a puppy, or raise tomatoes. By contrast, rise is usually intransitive: prices rise, but people raise prices. In a continuous verb, “They are raising children” describes ongoing care; as a gerund, “Raising a puppy takes time” names the whole activity.
例文
They are raising two children.
彼らは2人の子どもを育てています。
Raising a puppy takes time.
子犬を育てるには時間がかかります。
My aunt is raising tomatoes in her garden.
叔母は庭でトマトを育てています。
raising の類義語・関連語
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raising の語源・成り立ち Etymology
raising は raise + -ing（〜すること）で、raise は古ノルド語 reisa「起こす・立てる」に由来する。もとは「上へ持ち上げる」感覚なので、人や作物を「大きくなるよう持ち上げる」ことから「育てる」の意味が生まれた。関連語は raise, rise。
Raising is the -ing form of raise, formed by dropping the final e before the suffix. Raise entered English from Old Norse reisa, meaning “to cause to rise” or “set upright.” Its central causative idea is making something go upward. From physical lifting, the verb developed broader senses including increasing something, collecting funds, and caring for a person, animal, or crop until it grows. Rise is historically related but normally does not take an object.
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