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    3. 培養

    培養

    培ばい養よう

    culture

    KMT8News #19+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab26 strokes

    ばいよう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    culture, cultivation
    biology
    2.
    cultivation (of plants), growing, raising
    3.
    cultivation (e.g. of a skill), nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.), growth

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    研けん究きゅう室しつで細さい菌きんを培ばい養ようする。

    We culture bacteria in the lab.

    KMT7Science & Math
    この植しょく物ぶつは特とく別べつな環かん境きょうで培ばい養ようされている。

    This plant is being cultivated in a special environment.

    KMT8Science & MathNature & Environment
    幹かん細さい胞ぼうの培ばい養よう技ぎ術じゅつは再さい生せい医い療りょうの進しん歩ぽに貢こう献けんしている。

    Stem cell culture technology is contributing to the advancement of regenerative medicine.

    KMT8Science & MathMedicine & Health
    創そう造ぞう性せいを培ばい養ようするためには、自じ由ゆうな発はっ想そうが重じゅう要ようだ。

    Free thinking is important for cultivating creativity.

    KMT8Science & MathEducationEmotions & Psychology
    民みん主しゅ主しゅ義ぎの精せい神しんを培ばい養ようするには時じ間かんがかかる。

    It takes time to cultivate the spirit of democracy.

    KMT9Politics & LawScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    培
    つちか.う…(1)
    cultivate・foster
    養
    やしな.う…(3)
    foster・bring up・rear・develop・nurture
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