Keyword
keep a pet
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig2010
Readings
(74%)
(11%)
かい
(5%)
(4%)
がい
(4%)
Composed of
eat a little
boss
Used in vocabulary (68 in total)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
(pet) owner; keeper
breeding; raising; rearing
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
shepherd; shepherdess
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
fodder; feed
caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
cattleman; raising cattle
(pet) owner; keeper
breeding ground; breeding farm
to be betrayed by a trusted follower
breeding; raising
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
raising or keeping an animal by oneself
breeding facility (e.g. lab. animals); breeding room
pet bird; cage bird
owning multiple animals (esp. pets of the same kind)
keeping (a pet) indoors
insect rearing cage
pet bird; cage bird
keeping a bird as a pet; aviculture; person who keeps a bird as a pet; aviculturist; bird breeder
to be betrayed by a trusted follower
keeping (a pet) outdoors
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
free range farming (poultry, etc.); floor feeding
Boötes (constellation); the Herdsman
bottle for raising insects
animal hoarding; compulsive accumulation of pets
tethered breeding (livestock); confined stock raising
pasturing (e.g. cattle); turning loose (to graze)
taming; the taming of
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
tethered breeding (livestock); confined stock raising
bottle for raising insects
taming; the taming of
taming; the taming of
domestic rabbit (variety of European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus)
domestic pigeon
domestic pigeon
bird fancier's lung; bird breeder's disease
battery rearing; battery raising; battery farming
cage feeding; battery feeding
concentrated feed; concentrated fodder
roughage; coarse feed
large-scale breeding
factory farming; confinement farming; intensive farming
go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)
go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)
Examples (168 in total)
"Does she have a dog?" "No, she doesn't."
"Do you have a dog?" "No."
I didn't know you had a cat.