養う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
養
やしな
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
See also 養い

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「養う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		養う やしなう
Imperative (命令形) 養え やしなえ
Key constructions
Passive 養われる やしなわれる
Causative 養わせる やしなわせる
Potential 養える やしなえる
Volitional 養おう やしなおー
Negative 養わない やしなわない
Negative perfective 養わなかった やしなわなかった
Formal 養います やしないます
Perfective 養った やしなった
Conjunctive 養って やしなって
Hypothetical conditional 養えば やしなえば

Verb

養(やしな)う • (yashinau) ←やしなふ (yasinafu)?transitive godan (stem 養(やしな)い (yashinai), past 養(やしな)った (yashinatta))

  1. rear, maintain
  2. cultivate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "養う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 養わ やしなわ yashinawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 養い やしない yashinai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 養う やしなう yashinau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 養う やしなう yashinau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 養え やしなえ yashinae
Meireikei ("imperative") 養え やしなえ yashinae
Key constructions
Passive 養われる やしなわれる yashinawareru
Causative 養わせる
養わす 		やしなわせる
やしなわす 		yashinawaseru
yashinawasu
Potential 養える やしなえる yashinaeru
Volitional 養おう やしなおう yashinaō
Negative 養わない やしなわない yashinawanai
Negative continuative 養わず やしなわず yashinawazu
Formal 養います やしないます yashinaimasu
Perfective 養った やしなった yashinatta
Conjunctive 養って やしなって yashinatte
Hypothetical conditional 養えば やしなえば yashinaeba
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