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飼育 (しいく, shiiku) Japanese meaning: animal rearing | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 飼育する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 飼し 育いく する 飼し 育いく しない Polite 飼し 育いく します 飼し 育いく しません Past polite 飼し 育いく しました 飼し 育いく しませんでした Past 飼し 育いく した 飼し 育いく しなかった Te-form 飼し 育いく して 飼し 育いく しないで Desire 飼し 育いく したい 飼し 育いく したくない Potential 飼し 育いく できる 飼し 育いく できない Passive 飼し 育いく される 飼し 育いく されない Causative 飼し 育いく させる 飼し 育いく させない Causative passive 飼し 育いく させられる 飼し 育いく させられない Volitional 飼し 育いく しよう Polite volitional 飼し 育いく しましょう Imperative 飼し 育いく しろ 飼し 育いく するな Conditional 飼し 育いく すれば 飼し 育いく しなければ Tara conditional 飼し 育いく したら 飼し 育いく しなかったら
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しょう
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鳥とり
を
飼し
育いく
し
て
いる
。
The zoo keeps rare birds.
When I was a child, I once raised rhinoceros beetles.
Keeping a pet comes with responsibility.
Usage patterns 〈 動どう 物ぶつ 〉 を 飼し 育いく する to keep/raise a (specific) animal
The zoo keeps and raises pandas.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 〈 動どう 物ぶつ 〉 を 飼し 育いく する to raise an animal at a certain place
Cattle are raised at the ranch.
飼し 育いく 環かん 境きょう を 整ととの える to prepare a suitable environment for raising animals
We prepared a proper environment for raising the insects.
〈 動どう 物ぶつ 〉 の 飼し 育いく 方ほう 法ほう を 学まな ぶ to learn how to raise a certain animal
飼し 育いく 記き 録ろく をつける to keep records of an animal's care
I keep daily records of the animal's care.
Kanji 飼 domesticate, raise, keep 育 bring up, grow up, raise Related words 飼う is the everyday verb for keeping an animal, while 飼育 is the more formal, systematic noun/verbal-noun used in institutional or technical contexts.
育てる covers raising anything (children, plants, animals) in a broad developmental sense, whereas 飼育 is specifically about caring for animals under human control.
飼養 is a near-synonym of 飼育 used mainly in agricultural or livestock contexts, emphasizing feeding and management rather than general care.
繁殖 focuses on breeding and reproduction, while 飼育 focuses on the ongoing care and keeping of animals, whether or not reproduction occurs.
飼育 is the general term for keeping and caring for animals (e.g. pets or zoo animals), while 養殖 specifically means farming aquatic organisms for economic purposes.
Don't confuse with 保育 looks similar (shares 育) but refers to caring for or educating young children, not raising animals like 飼育.
教育 means educating or training people, while 飼育 means raising or keeping animals, and learners can mix them up because both share the kanji 育.
Word family· 11 zookeeper; aquarium caretaker; animal keeper
breeding ground; breeding farm
breeding room; breeding facility
bottle for raising insects
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 飼, associated with feeding or keeping animals, and 育, associated with raising or nurturing. The compound conventionally means raising or keeping animals under human care.
I learned how to keep tropical fish, aimed at beginners.
rearing cage; breeding box
Show 5 more floor feeding; floor rearing
keeping multiple animals; multi-pet household
factory farming; intensive livestock farming
cage feeding; battery feeding; multi-tier rearing
cage rearing; cage feeding; cage breeding
