Illustration: In a Japanese family living room, a child kneels beside a spacious indoor rabbit enclosure and refills its hay rack. The enclosure contains a hideaway, a water bowl, a litter tray, and a soft resting mat; a dustpan and fresh bedding wait nearby.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

飼かう

kau

to keep, to raise an animal

Example sentences

  1. ナンシーは犬いぬを飼かいたがっていますか。

    Does Nancy want to have a dog?

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  2. 彼かれは猫ねこを飼かっている。

    He keeps a cat.

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  3. 彼かれは犬いぬを飼かっている。

    He has a dog.

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Kanji in 飼

  • 飼domesticate; raiseOnシKunかう

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