Vocabulary

What does 飼育 (しいく, shiiku) mean?

飼育 (しいく, shiiku) means raising, breeding (animals).

Quick facts
Readingしいく
Romajishiiku
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
しいく
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonshiiku

raising, breeding (animals)

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive breeding; raising; rearing

Example sentences

  • The zoo keeps pandas.

  • I'm in charge of raising rabbits at school.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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