培う

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 培う is read as つちかう and is a transitive verb meaning to cultivate an ability or quality over time.
• Basic usage: Developing cooperativeness appears in 協調性を培う, while cultivating thinking ability appears in 考える力を培う.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Ability being cultivated
  • Mark the ability or quality developed with を.
• Difference from 育てる
  • 培う readily forms an abstract ability through experience rather than raising a person or living thing.