養う
やしなう · yashinau
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
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 養いますやしないます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 養いませんやしないません |
| Polite past (ました) | 養いましたやしないました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 養いませんでしたやしないませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 養いましょうやしないましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 養いやしない |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 養いたいやしないたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 養いながらやしないながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 養ってやしなって |
| Plain past (た形) | 養ったやしなった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 養ったらやしなったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 養っているやしなっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 養わないやしなわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 養わなかったやしなわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 養わなくてやしなわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 養えるやしなえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 養えばやしなえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 養えやしなえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 養おうやしなおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 養われるやしなわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 養わせるやしなわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 養わされるやしなわされる |
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What does 養う mean?
To support, to maintain, to provide for. It can also mean: 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.
How do you pronounce 養う?
やしなう (yashinau). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 養う?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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