培ばい養よう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

culture; cultivation

Biology term for growing cells, bacteria, tissues, etc. under controlled conditions. As a suru verb, it is transitive: 細菌を培養する, 細胞を培養する.

• 研けん究きゅう室しつで細さい菌きんを培ばい養ようする。

  They culture bacteria in the laboratory.

• この細さい胞ぼうは特とく殊しゅな培ばい養よう液えきで培ばい養ようされている。

  These cells are being cultured in a special culture medium.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

cultivation of plants; growing; raising

Used for growing or raising plants, especially in a controlled or technical context. In everyday farming and gardening, 栽培 is often the more usual word.

• 植しょく物ぶつの培ばい養ようには、光ひかりと水すい分ぶんの管かん理りが重じゅう要ようだ。

  Managing light and moisture is important in cultivating plants.

• この施し設せつでは、薬やく用よう植しょく物ぶつを培ばい養ようしている。

  This facility grows medicinal plants.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

cultivation of a skill; nurture; development

Figurative use for fostering abilities, attitudes, institutions, national strength, democracy, and similar abstract things. It sounds fairly formal and often appears in educational, political, or institutional writing.

• この授じゅ業ぎょうは批ひ判はん的てき思し考こう力りょくの培ばい養ようを目め指ざしている。

  This class aims to cultivate critical thinking skills.

• 地ち域いき活かつ動どうは民みん主しゅ主しゅ義ぎの精せい神しんを培ばい養ようする。

  Community activities nurture the spirit of democracy.