Word Meaning 飼育

しいく shiiku

飼育 is read as しいく (shiiku) and means breeding.

Meaning

English

  1. breeding
  2. raising
  3. rearing

Reading

Kana

しいく

Romaji

shiiku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Related Words 育てる,育て方,飼う,飼い方,動物,ペット,飼いたい Rank 4354 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

飼育員

しいくいん

caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium)

飼育場

しいくじょう

breeding ground

飼育室

しいくしつ

breeding facility (e.g. lab. animals)

飼育箱

しいくばこ

insect rearing cage

飼育瓶

しいくびん

bottle for raising insects

地上飼育

ちじょうしいく

floor feeding

立体飼育

りったいしいく

cage feeding

工場飼育

こうじょうしいく

factory farming

多頭飼育

たとうしいく

large-scale breeding

ケージ飼育

けーじしいく

cage feeding

多頭飼育崩壊

たとうしいくほうかい

animal hoarding

Example Sentences

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Taking care of Chinese softshell turtles is difficult.

Tom is a zookeeper.

I have fifteen hundred cows.

They are the next to be on duty for taking care of the rabbits.

Tom's uncle keeps a lot of sheep.

Some animals will not breed when kept in cages.

On June 18 at the Niigata city aquarium, 7000 fish died because of a mistake by an employee.