Lingaku養う【やしなう】
Frequency rank: 8,465. – 8,475.
- to support; to maintain; to provide for
- to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
- to adopt (a child)
- to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
- to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)
Godan verb with 'u' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 養う【やしなう】Frequency rank: 8,465. – 8,475.
- やしなう
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to support; to maintain; to provide for
- to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
- to adopt (a child)
- to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
- to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)
This meaning refers to providing financial or emotional support to someone or something. It can imply sustaining someone's needs for a certain period.
The donations are used to maintain the local community.
This meaning focuses on the nurturing aspect of caring for children or animals, emphasizing the act of raising them through various stages of growth.
This meaning pertains to the act of adopting a child or taking someone into one's family legally.
This meaning relates to promoting growth in personal qualities, skills, or habits, suggesting a nurturing process aimed at improvement over time.
This meaning indicates recovering health or strength after an illness or injury, emphasizing the restorative aspect.
Generated collocations (experimental)
やしなう養うをするto support (someone/something)こころ心をやしなう養うto nurture the mindよい良いしゅうかん習慣をやしなう養うto cultivate good habitsこども子供をやしなう養うto raise a childかぞく家族をやしなう養うto support a familyさいのう才能をやしなう養うto develop talentけんこう健康をやしなう養うto maintain healthびょうき病気からやしなう養うto recuperate from illnessせきにん責任をやしなう養うto foster responsibilityせいしん精神をやしなう養うto nurture the spiritしんらいかんけい信頼関係をやしなう養うto cultivate trust relationships
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Let's use our experiences to nurture the sense needed to make marital relations go well.
She was obliged to work to support five children.
He worked very hard to raise his family in the new place.
Though young, he had to support his large family.
Young as he is, he has a large family to provide for.
He worked hard in order to support his family.