Meaning
生い立ち (おいたち, oitachi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “one's childhood; one's upbringing”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
彼女の 生い立ちについては 誰も 知らない
No one knows her personal history.
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.
ギャツビーはニックに自身の生い立ちを語る。
Gatsby tells Nick his personal history.
私は彼の不幸な生い立ちについてもっと知りたい。
I want to know more about his sad upbringing.
そして私の知る限り、彼の生い立ちは大変興味深いです。
And as far as I know, his background is very interesting.
常朝が自分の生い立ちのことを語っている項が『葉隠』・聞書第二にある。
There is a section in the second part of Kikigaki (oral record) of the Hagakure, in which Jocho talked about his backgrounds.
こういった生い立ちが崋山の藩主一家への親近感や一層の忠誠心につながっていった。
The memories of his younger days created in him a sense of familiarity and a high degree of loyalty to the lord family.
おのおのが違った目を持ち、それぞれ違う輪郭、ふるまい、生い立ち、個性を持っているのです。
each image having its special eyes, its particular facial outline, its own gestures, profile and character.
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.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.