養う

やしなう

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to support; to maintain; to provide for
2. to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
3. to adopt (a child)
4. to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
5. to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)

Kanji

• 養 nourish. Read as やしなう.

Example sentences

• 興味深い人間になるためには、頭脳を養い鍛えなければならない。
  To be an interesting person you have to feed and exercise your mind.
• 我々は良書を読んで心を養わねばならない。
  We should cultivate our minds by reading good books.
• 我々は精神を養わなければならない。
  We need to nourish our spirit.
• 家族を養っていく事は、彼にとって大変な重荷であった。
  Supporting his family was a great burden for him.
• 家族を養うことは彼にとって多大な重荷であった。
  Supporting his family was a great burden for him.

Common phrases

• 家族を養う
• 力を養う
• 感覚を養う
• 子供を養う
• 能力を養う
• 英気を養う (えいきをやしなう) to restore one's energy
• 体力を養う

Words containing 養う

• 養い親 (やしないおや) godparents
• 養い子 (やしないご) foster child
• 養い育てる (やしないそだてる) to bring up

And 1 more.

Word lists

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• Core 5000
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