養う
N1やしなう yashinau
- to rear
- to maintain
- to cultivate
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
养育;培养
Examples
- 我々は精神を養わなければならない。We need to nourish our spirit.我们必须培养精神。
- 彼は養うべき大家族を持っている。He has a large family to support.他有一大家人要养活。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('aab82c800b'); // 養う
{
"id": "aab82c800b",
"word": "養う",
"reading": "やしなう",
"romaji": "yashinau",
"meanings": [
"to rear",
"to maintain",
"to cultivate"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1547090,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "我々は精神を養わなければならない。",
"furigana": "{我々|われわれ}は{精神|せいしん}を{養|やしな}わなければならない。",
"en": "We need to nourish our spirit.",
"tatoeba_id": 185725
},
{
"ja": "彼は養うべき大家族を持っている。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{養|やしな}うべき{大家族|だいかぞく}を{持|も}っている。",
"en": "He has a large family to support.",
"tatoeba_id": 99172
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "f68fbe996ed2a3e61da758b3c5fe77f819c748170b71e315f4f659ea3da256e7",
"meanings": [
"养育",
"培养"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "我々は精神を養わなければならない。",
"zh": "我们必须培养精神。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は養うべき大家族を持っている。",
"zh": "他有一大家人要养活。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/aab82c800b",
"JMdict ent_seq 1547090; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "0e0d207a9c5153fa6e7a7f8e8d0c3d0e84bdee5ac33ef4dabd7c88f68cbee422"
}
}