養う

Meaning

1. v5uvt
   to support; to maintain; to provide for
2. v5uvt
   to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
3. v5uvt
   to adopt (a child)
4. v5uvt
   to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
5. v5uvt
   to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)

Example sentences

• 夫婦間がうまくいくためのセンスを、経験によって養っていこう！

  Let's use our experiences to nurture the sense needed to make marital relations go well.

• 良い習慣は子供時代に養うべきである。

  Good habits should be cultivated in childhood.

• 養っていかねばならない大家族がいるのです。

  He has a large family to support.