Keyword
keep a pet
- domesticate
- raise
- keep
- feed
- Frequency
- #1392
- Strokes
- 13
- Grade
- 5
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 2010
Readings
か60%
シ40%
Mnemonic
You eat a little, then your boss hands you a leash: the puppy waiting at the office door is yours to keep a pet.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
放し飼い
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; grazing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free
Noun
子飼い
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
Noun
飼い殺し
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
Noun