手塩にかける
てしおにかける
to raise with loving care
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Examples
手塩にかけて育てた。
てしおにかけてそだてた。
I raised her with loving care.
手塩にかけた弟子が独立した。
てしおにかけたでしがどくりつした。
The apprentice I had nurtured went out on his own.
手塩にかけて育てた野菜を、ようやく出荷できた。
てしおにかけてそだてたやさいを、ようやくしゅっかできた。
We were finally able to ship the vegetables we had tended so carefully.
Common patterns
- 手塩にかけて育てる
- to raise with loving care
- 手塩にかけた子
- a child one has lovingly raised
- 手塩にかけた作品
- a work one has nurtured
Memory tip
手塩 was the little dish of salt set beside each diner to season food by one's own hand — the sense is of tending something personally over a long time. It goes with 育てる and takes long-term objects: children, students, crops.
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