養殖|ようしょくyoushoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbaquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
Conjugation
Dictionary form養殖する(ようしょくする)
Polite (masu)養殖します(ようしょくします)
Negative (nai)養殖しない(ようしょくしない)
polite (masen)養殖しません(ようしょくしません)
classical zu / nu養殖せず・養殖せぬ(ようしょくせず・ようしょくせぬ)
Past (ta)養殖した(ようしょくした)
polite (mashita)養殖しました(ようしょくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)養殖しなかった(ようしょくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)養殖しませんでした(ようしょくしませんでした)
Te form養殖して(ようしょくして)
Potential養殖できる(ようしょくできる)
Passive養殖される(ようしょくされる)
Causative養殖させる(ようしょくさせる)
Causative passive養殖させられる(ようしょくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)養殖すれば(ようしょくすれば)
tara養殖したら(ようしょくしたら)
Volitional養殖しよう(ようしょくしよう)
polite (mashou)養殖しましょう(ようしょくしましょう)
Imperative養殖しろ(ようしょくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related育てるそだてるNeutralA neutral verb for raising or nurturing, with the widest range of objects; 「養殖」 is specific to artificial propagation, mainly of fish, shellfish, seaweed and silkworms.
  • Related栽培さいばいWrittenA written/formal term for cultivating plants and mushrooms; 「養殖」 is for artificially farming animals such as fish and shellfish, or seaweed.
  • Related培養ばいようWrittenA written/formal term for artificially culturing cells and microorganisms; 「養殖」 mainly refers to farming fish, shellfish, seaweed and the like.
  • Antonym天然てんねんNeutralRefers to the natural state untouched by human hands, as in 「天然のブリ」; the opposite of artificially farmed 「養殖」.
  • Antonym野生やせいNeutralRefers to animals and plants growing naturally in the wild, as in 「野生の鹿」; the opposite of artificially raised 「養殖」.

Use 「養殖」 for artificially farming fish, shellfish and seaweed, as in 「養殖真珠」 and 「海藻の養殖」. For growing plants choose 「栽培」, for culturing cells 「培養」, and for raising in general 「育てる」; the opposites are 「天然」 and 「野生」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 魚さかな・貝かいなどを人工的じんこうてきに育成いくせいし増ふやすこと。
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