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他動詞

1

（＝食物を与える）to feed

用例

• 子どもを匙で養う
  to feed a child with spoon

• 禽獣は子を養う
  Birds and beasts feed their young.
• 家畜を養う
  to feed cattle―（飼うの意味なら）―keep cattle

2

（＝栄養を与える）to nourish; to sustain

用例

• 食物は身体を養う
  Food nourishes the body―sustains nature.

• 病人は体力を養うだけの食物が取れぬ
  The invalid can not take enough food to sustain nature―support nature.

3

（＝扶養する）to keep, support, maintain, provide for （a family）

用例

• 子を養う
  to feed the little ones―provide for one's family

• 彼は大勢の子どもを養わにゃならぬ
  He has a large family to provide for.
• 大勢の家族を養っている
  He supports a large family―maintains a large family.
• 彼は百円の給料で家族五人養わにゃならぬ
  He must keep a family of five on a salary of 100 yen a month.
• 彼は自分も養いかねているのにどうして女房など持てるものか
  How can he marry when he can hardly keep himself?
• 子を養うは親の義務
  It is the duty of parents to provide for their children.
• 西洋では子が親を養う義務が無い
  In foreign countries, it does not lie upon the son to provide for his aged father.
• 子どもは親に養って貰う
  Children depend on their parents for support.
• 下男下女を置くは家に賊を養うなり
  “So many servants, so many thieves.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 姦婦を養う
  to cherish a viper in one's bosom
• 姦婦を養う夫
  a cuckold

4

（＝給養する）to supply （an army with provisions）; to sustain （an army）

• 大軍を養うだけの食糧がある
  There are enough provisions to supply a large army―sustain a large army.

5

（＝養育する、教育する）to bring up; to breed; to rear; to raise; to educate

用例

• 子どもを牛乳で養う
  to bring up a child on the bottle―bring up a child by the hand

• 老夫婦は大勢の子どもを養っている
  The old couple has raised a large family of children;―reared a large family of children.
• 子どもに商売を仕込まぬ者は賊を養う
  One who brings up one's boy to no trade, breeds a thief.
• あの学校は一千名の学生を養う設備がある
  The school is equipped to educate 1,000 students.
• 女子と小人は養い難し
  Women and small men are hard to manage.

6

（＝療養する）to recuperate （oneself）; to recruit （one's health）; to convalesce

• 彼は大磯に病を養っている
  He is recuperating―recruiting―convalescing at Oiso.

7

（＝養子にする）to adopt （a child）

• 彼は藁の上から伯（叔）父に養われた
  He was adopted by his uncle as soon as he was born.

8

（＝修養する）to cultivate （virtue）; to foster （a spirit）; to train （the mind）; to develop （a power）

用例

• 徳を養う
  to cultivate virtue

• 胆力を養う
  to cultivate the powers of manhood
• 忍耐を養う
  to cultivate perseverance
• 浩然の気を養う
  to cultivate a magnanimous spirit （under natural influences）―（遊んでなどなら）―raise one's spirits
• 好い習慣を養う
  to cultivate a good habit―form a good habit
• 腕力を養う
  to develop muscular power
• 体力を養う
  to develop bodily strength
• 国民の政治思想を養う
  to foster political ideas in the people
• 尚武の気象を養う
  to foster a military spirit in the people
• 読書力を養う
  to train the student to read hard authors

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 青年の向上心を養う
  to inspire youth with aspiration

• 公共心を養う
  to instil public spirit into one's mind
• 義侠心を養う
  to give free play to noble and generous impulses
• 鋭気を養う
  to raise one's spirits―freshen oneself for work
• 社会の気風を養う
  to give the tone to society
• 国力を養う
  to enrich the national resources
• 国民の軍事思想を養う
  to arouse public interest in military affairs
• 国民の海事思想を養う
  to arouse public interest in maritime affairs