Illustration: In a small rented vegetable plot beside a Japanese residential neighborhood, a gardener gently ties a tomato stem to its support stake. Neat rows contain younger seedlings and larger plants, with loosened soil and a watering can beside the bed.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

栽さい培ばい

saibai

cultivation

Example sentences

  1. その農場経営者のうじょうけいえいしゃは色々いろいろな種類しゅるいの作物さくもつを栽培さいばいしている。

    The farmer cultivates a variety of crops.

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  2. 父ちちは米こめを栽培さいばいしている。

    My father grows rice.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょは薔薇ばらを栽培さいばいした。

    She grew roses.

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Kanji in 栽培

  • 栽plantation; plantingOnサイ
  • 培cultivate; fosterOnバイKunつちかう

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