飼育

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See also: 饲育

Chinese

to raise; to rear; to feed nourish; to rear
trad. (飼育) 飼 育
simp. (饲育) 饲 育

Pronunciation

Verb

飼育

  1. to breed; to raise; to rear (animals)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飼 育
し
Grade: 5 		いく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

飼(し)育(いく) • (shiiku) 

  1. breeding, raising (animals)

Verb

飼(し)育(いく)する • (shiiku suru) transitive suru (stem 飼(し)育(いく)し (shiiku shi), past 飼(し)育(いく)した (shiiku shita))

  1. to breed, raise, rear (animals)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "飼育する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 飼育し しいくし shiiku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 飼育し しいくし shiiku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 飼育する しいくする shiiku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 飼育する しいくする shiiku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 飼育すれ しいくすれ shiiku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 飼育せよ¹
飼育しろ² 		しいくせよ¹
しいくしろ² 		shiiku seyo¹
shiiku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 飼育される しいくされる shiiku sareru
Causative 飼育させる
飼育さす 		しいくさせる
しいくさす 		shiiku saseru
shiiku sasu
Potential 飼育できる しいくできる shiiku dekiru
Volitional 飼育しよう しいくしよう shiiku shiyō
Negative 飼育しない しいくしない shiiku shinai
Negative continuative 飼育せず しいくせず shiiku sezu
Formal 飼育します しいくします shiiku shimasu
Perfective 飼育した しいくした shiiku shita
Conjunctive 飼育して しいくして shiiku shite
Hypothetical conditional 飼育すれば しいくすれば shiiku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

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