飼う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
飼
か
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Verb

飼う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かう, rōmaji kau)

  1. to raise; to feed (livestock etc.)
    牛 (うし)を飼 (か)って生 (せい)計 (けい)を立 (た)ている。
    Ushi o katte seikei o tateiru.
    He makes his living by raising cattle.
  2. to keep, have (a pet)
    私 (わたし)は大 (おお)きな犬 (いぬ)を飼 (か)ってます。
    Watashi wa ōki na inu o kattemasu.
    I have a big dog.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "飼う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 飼わ かわ kawa
Continuative (連用形) 飼い かい kai
Terminal (終止形) 飼う かう kau
Attributive (連体形) 飼う かう kau
Hypothetical (仮定形) 飼え かえ kae
Imperative (命令形) 飼え かえ kae
Key constructions
Passive 飼われる かわれる kawareru
Causative 飼わせる
飼わす		 かわせる
かわす		 kawaseru
kawasu
Potential 飼える かえる kaeru
Volitional 飼おう かおう kaō
Negative 飼わない かわない kawanai
Negative continuative 飼わず かわず kawazu
Formal 飼います かいます kaimasu
Perfective 飼った かった katta
Conjunctive 飼って かって katte
Hypothetical conditional 飼えば かえば kaeba

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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