培養 ばいよう culture #11,274 Meanings noun, takes する, transitive, biology culture; cultivation cultivation (of plants); growing; raising cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.); growth Its kanji 培 バイ · つちか.う cultivate, foster 養 ヨウ、リョウ · やしな.う foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture