養

Meaning

養 centers on providing sustained care so that something grows or thrives: fostering children, rearing animals, developing skills, or nurturing well-being.

• 栄養えいよう
  N3

  nutrition; nourishment

• 教養きょうよう
  N2

  (understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement

• 養成ようせい
  N1

  training; education; development; cultivation

• 養子ようし
  N1

  adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

• 療養りょうよう
  N1

  recuperation; medical treatment

• 養うやしなう
  N2

  to support; to maintain; to provide for

• 供養くよう

  memorial service for the dead; holding a service

• 養殖ようしょく
  N1

  aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising

• 培養ばいよう

  culture; cultivation

• 養育よういく

  bringing up; rearing; upbringing

• 休養きゅうよう
  N2

  rest; relaxation; recreation; recuperation; convalescence

• 養護ようご
  N1

  nursing; (protective) care

• 保養ほよう
  N1

  health preservation; recuperation; recreation

• 栄養素えいようそ

  nutrient

• 扶養ふよう
  N1

  support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance

• 栄養士えいようし

  dietitian; (licensed) nutritionist

• 養老ようろう

  making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age

• 栄養失調えいようしっちょう
  N1

  malnutrition

• 養父ようふ

  foster father; adoptive father

• 養豚ようとん

  pig-keeping; pig farming

• 静養せいよう

  (convalescent) rest

• 養鶏ようけい

  poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming

• 滋養じよう

  nourishment; nutrition

• 養蚕ようさん

  sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising

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