- 養子【ようし】 - adopted child (usu. male), son-in-law 
- 栄養【えいよう】 - nutrition, nourishment 
- 養う【やしなう】 - to support, to maintain, to provide for, to bring up, to raise, to rear, to feed, to adopt (a child), to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.), to develop, to build up, to foster, to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.) 
- 養成【ようせい】 - training, education, development, cultivation 
- 教養【きょうよう】 - (understanding or appreciation of) culture, (one's) education, cultivation, sophistication, refinement 
- 療養【りょうよう】 - recuperation, medical treatment 
- 養殖【ようしょく】 - aquaculture, culture, cultivation, raising 
- 休養【きゅうよう】 - rest, relaxation, recreation, recuperation, convalescence 
- 扶養【ふよう】 - support (e.g. of one's dependents), maintenance 
- 養鶏【ようけい】 - poultry raising, poultry farming, chicken farming 
- 養蚕【ようさん】 - sericulture, silkworm culture, silkworm raising 
- 養豚【ようとん】 - pig-keeping, pig farming 
- 保養【ほよう】 - health preservation, recuperation, recreation 
- 静養【せいよう】 - (convalescent) rest 
- 栄養士【えいようし】 - dietitian, (licensed) nutritionist 
- 養育【よういく】 - bringing up, rearing, upbringing 
- 供養【くよう】 - memorial service for the dead, holding a service 
- 培養【ばいよう】 - culture, cultivation, cultivation (of plants), growing, raising, cultivation (e.g. of a skill), nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.), growth 
- 栄養失調【えいようしっちょう】 - malnutrition 
- 養父【ようふ】 - foster father, adoptive father