養育

• 読み: よういく
• ローマ字: youiku
• 漢字の分解: 養 (you) — nurture, raise, foster; 育 (iku) — grow, bring up, educate
• 発音: /joː.i.kɯ/

意味

Bringing up; rearing; raising a child. The act of nurturing and educating children.

A noun and suru-verb (transitive) used in both everyday and legal contexts. Key compounds include 養育費 (youiku hi, child support/maintenance), which is crucial in divorce proceedings, and 養育環境 (youiku kankyou, child-rearing environment). More formal than 子育て (kosodate, child-rearing), which is the everyday conversational term. 養育 emphasizes the responsibility and obligation of raising a child.

例文

1. 離婚後の養育費について話し合った。
2. 子どもの養育には多くの時間とお金がかかる。
3. 養育環境を整えることが親の責任だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: legal, child-rearing, social welfare

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 養 (you, nurture/raise) + 育 (iku, grow/bring up). Both characters relate to nurturing — together they emphasize the full process of raising and cultivating.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal