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Meaning of 養う in Japanese
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養うJLPT 1
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Kana Readingやしなう
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Romajiyashinau
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `u' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to rear; to maintain; to support (e.g. family); to cultivate
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Examples of 養う, やしなう in a sentence
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夫婦間がうまくいくためのセンスを、経験によって養っていこう！
Let's use our experiences to nurture the sense needed to make marital relations go well.
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兄弟とも「妻と飛行機の両方は養えない」との理由で、生涯独身を通した。
Saying they could not support both a wife and an airplane, the two brothers therefore spent their lives as bachelors.
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Good habits should be cultivated in childhood.
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He has a large family to support.
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Reading of literature nourishes the mind.
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She was obliged to work to support five children.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 養う
- Plain Polite
- 養います
- Negative
- 養わない
- Negative Polite
- 養いません
Past
- Plain
- 養った
- Plain Polite
- 養いました
- Negative
- 養わなかった
- Negative Polite
- 養いませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 養って
- Plain Polite
- 養いまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 養われる
- Plain Polite
- 養われます
- Negative
- 養われない
- Negative Polite
- 養われません
Related Kanji
養
JLPT 1
15 strokes
foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
On'Yomi: ヨウ, リョウ
Kun'Yomi: やしな.う