Word Meaning 飼育員

しいくいん shiikuin

飼育員 is read as しいくいん (shiikuin) and means caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium).

Meaning

English

  1. caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium)
  2. keeper
  3. attendant
  4. breeding staff

Reading

Kana

しいくいん

Romaji

shiikuin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 61579 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

飼育

しいく

breeding

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

教育職員免許法施行法

きょういくしょくいんめんきょほうしこうほう

Act for Enforcement of the Education Personnel Certification Act

教育職員免許法

きょういくしょくいんめんきょほう

Education Personnel Certification Act

多頭飼育崩壊

たとうしいくほうかい

animal hoarding

Example Sentences

2

Tom is a zookeeper.

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