生い立ち (おいたち)growth; development; one's early life

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Kanji in 生い立ち

学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)
生活せいかつliving; life (one's daily existence)
生産せいさんproduction; manufacture
人生じんせい(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
先生せんせいteacher; instructor
厚生省こうせいしょうMinistry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
年生ねんせいpupil in ... year; student in ... year
新生しんせいrebirth; new birth
立場たちばposition; situation
連立れんりつcoalition; alliance
国立こくりつnational
対立たいりつconfrontation; opposition
成立せいりつformation; establishment
独立どくりつindependence; self-reliance
並立へいりつstanding abreast
私立しりつprivate (establishment)

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