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飼いならす (かいならす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

飼かいならす

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

tame; domesticate

Used for making a wild animal accustomed to humans and obedient, often through training and care.

彼かれは野や生せいの馬うまを飼かいならすのに成せい功こうした。
He succeeded in taming a wild horse.
犬いぬは何なん千ぜん年ねんも前まえに

飼か

いならさ

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た

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Dogs were domesticated thousands of years ago.

Written forms

飼かいならすUsage37%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; 飼い (keep/raise) + ならす (tame).
飼かい慣ならすUsage41%
Variant using 慣らす (accustom); common and natural.
飼かい馴ならすUsage23%
Variant using 馴らす (tame); less common but still seen.

Kanji

飼domesticate, raise, keep
慣accustomed, get used to, become experienced
馴get used to, experienced, tamed

Similar words

手てなずける
Implies winning over and making obedient, often used figuratively for people; 飼いならす focuses on the process of taming an animal through raising and training.
飼かう
Simply means to keep or raise an animal; 飼いならす adds the nuance of taming a wild or untrained animal.

Etymology

Compound of 飼い (stem of 飼う, 'to keep/raise') + ならす ('to tame/accustom'). The second element can be written as 慣らす or 馴らす, both meaning to make something accustomed or tame.