grow up

大人になる、育つ

子供から成長して大人になる。

やさしい英語で： To change from being a child to being an adult.

• Children grow up quickly.
• I grew up in a small town near the sea.
• What did you want to do when you grew up?

使い方： grow up in somewhere (She grew up in a small village.); grow up with someone (I grew up with three brothers.)

類義語： become an adult, mature

よく使う表現： grow up in somewhere, grow up together, grow up with someone

大人になる、分別を持つ

子供っぽい振る舞いをやめ、もっと分別のある行動をする。

やさしい英語で： To stop behaving like a child and act more sensibly.

• You need to grow up.
• He finally grew up and started taking responsibility.
• Will you ever grow up and stop blaming everyone else?

類義語： mature, act your age

よく使う表現： grow up a little, grow up and change

発展する、生まれる

新しく生まれ、時間とともに発展して定着する。

やさしい英語で： To begin to exist and become established over time.

• A town grew up around the port.
• New traditions have grown up over the years.
• An entire industry grew up to meet that demand.

使い方： grow up around something (A community grew up around the factory.)

類義語： develop, emerge, arise

よく使う表現： grow up around something, traditions grow up

大人になれ、いい加減にしろ

子供っぽい振る舞いをやめ、しっかりするよう相手に言う言葉。

やさしい英語で： Said to tell someone that their behavior is childish and they should act more sensibly.

• Grow up! That joke isn’t funny.
• Oh, grow up and stop teasing her.
• Grow up, Dan! You’re old enough to know better.

類義語： act your age

よく使う表現： grow up please, oh grow up