No. 2,820 in Japanese
飼い
"飼い" means "keeping or raising (animals/pets)."
In a sentence
彼女は犬を飼っています。
She has a pet dog.
The word '飼い' here is used in '飼っています' to mean 'to keep as a pet' or 'to raise animals'.
小鳥を飼うのは難しい仕事です。
Raising small birds is a challenging task.
Here, '飼う' shows the action of raising or taking care of birds as pets, emphasizing the effort involved.
彼らは猫を飼った経験があります。
They have experience keeping a cat.
In this sentence, '飼った' refers to the past action of owning and taking responsibility for a pet cat.
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