育てる (sodateru) means “raise” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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父は毎年、庭でトマトを育てています。chichi wa mai toshi niwa de to ma to o soda te te i ma su

Every year, my father grows tomatoes in the garden.

Centers on providing steady care that brings a living thing from an early stage to maturity.

飼うkau: To keep and care for an animal so it lives and grows.

子どもや植物などに必要な世話をして成長させること。ko do mo ya shoku butsu na do ni hitsu yō na se wa o shi te sei chō sa se ru ko to

育てる (sodateru) is the native Japanese transitive counterpart of 育つ (sodatsu, "grow"), with the ending -eru marking an action that causes growth.

In English, raise a child is natural, while grow a child is not, and 育てる (sodateru) covers the care that brings a child to maturity.