犬か猫か鶏を飼うようにしなさい。

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飼う よう なさい

English Translation

Try getting a dog, a cat or a chicken.

Furigana

(いぬ)(ねこ)(にわとり)()うようにしなさい。

Romanji

Inu ka neko ka niwatori o kau yō ni shi nasai.

Words

(いぬ)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
(ねこ、ネコ)
cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
(にわとり、とり、かけ、くたかけ)
(domestic) chicken; chicken (meat)
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
飼う (かう)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to raise; to have; to own; to feed
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
為さる (なさる)
to do

Kanji

Readings: ケン、 いぬ、 いぬ-
Meaning: dog
Readings: ビョウ、 ねこ
Meaning: cat
Readings: ケイ、 にわとり、 とり
Meaning: chicken
Readings: シ、 か.う
Meanings: domesticate, raise, keep, feed