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養 kanji
foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
ヨウリョウ
Kun readings
やしなう
Variant forms
养羪Words with 養
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —仮養子provisional adopted heir (Edo period); temporary adopted heir; heir arranged in case of a mishap while traveling on official duty, if lacking a legitimate heir
- —栄養学者dietitian
- —栄養不足malnutrition
- —教養番組educational program (TV, radio)
- —純粋培養clean (pure) culture
- —真珠養殖pearl culture
- —人工栄養bottle feeding; artificial nourishment
- —水子供養memorial service for a child who died before birth
- —富栄養化eutrophication
- —扶養義務duty to support (a person)
- —養子縁組adoption (of a person)
- —養老年金old age pension
- —扶養家族one's dependents
- —扶養控除tax exemption for dependents
- —転地療養seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate
- —一般教養general education
- —追善供養memorial service
- —教養学部faculty of liberal arts; college of liberal arts
- —教養小説novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc.; Bildungsroman
- —細胞培養cell culture