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生い立ち[おいたち] (oitachi)

one's childhood; one's upbringing

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生い立ち (おいたち, oitachi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “one's childhood; one's upbringing”.

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彼女かのじょの生い立おいたちについては誰だれも知しらない

No one knows her personal history.

資料に乏しく生い立ちや人物像は不明。

His background and personality are unknown because of lack of historical materials.

私は彼の生い立ちについて書きたいと思う。

I think I would like to write about his upbringing.

彼は問わず語りに自分の生い立ちを語った.

He told me about his early days, though I didn't ask him to.

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