Kanji 飼 domesticate, raise, keep 慣 accustomed, get used to, become experienced 馴 get used to, experienced, tamed Related words 飼か いならす The verb form meaning 'to tame' or 'to domesticate'; 飼い慣らし is the noun form derived from it.
調ちょう 教きょう Training or breaking in an animal, often with a focus on discipline or performance, whereas 飼い慣らし emphasizes making an animal tame and accustomed to humans.
Written forms 飼か い 慣な らし
Standard kanji spelling for taming/domestication.
飼か いならし
Kana spelling of the second element; common in everyday writing.
飼か い 馴な らし
Uses the less common 馴 kanji; seen in some contexts but not standard.
Etymology Compound of 飼い (kai, 'keeping, raising') + 慣らし (narashi, 'accustoming, taming'). The kanji 慣らし is the nominalized form of 慣らす (narasu, 'to accustom').
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