飼う
N3かう kau
- to keep
- to raise
- to feed
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
饲养
Examples
- ナンシーは犬を飼いたがっていますか。Does Nancy want to have a dog?南希想养狗吗?
- 彼女は小さな黒い犬を飼っている。She has a small black dog.她养着一只黑色的小狗。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('fc5f82cc4d'); // 飼う
{
"id": "fc5f82cc4d",
"word": "飼う",
"reading": "かう",
"romaji": "kau",
"meanings": [
"to keep",
"to raise",
"to feed"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1312970,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ナンシーは犬を飼いたがっていますか。",
"furigana": "ナンシーは{犬|いぬ}を{飼|か}いたがっていますか。",
"en": "Does Nancy want to have a dog?",
"tatoeba_id": 198980
},
{
"ja": "彼女は小さな黒い犬を飼っている。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{小|ちい}さな{黒|くろ}い{犬|いぬ}を{飼|か}っている。",
"en": "She has a small black dog.",
"tatoeba_id": 88700
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "6737e01e231345e796c9ecf246dade9431f9865c9e8a1ffdc6ec9f1c71a17f9b",
"meanings": [
"饲养"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ナンシーは犬を飼いたがっていますか。",
"zh": "南希想养狗吗?"
},
{
"ja": "彼女は小さな黒い犬を飼っている。",
"zh": "她养着一只黑色的小狗。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/fc5f82cc4d",
"JMdict ent_seq 1312970; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "0d064b073cdb42573299f10b38095930235e8504bd6b373e6ec49962cb4999c3"
}
}