扶養
Meaning in Englishsupport, maintenance
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Word context
What it means
扶養 means to financially support someone who is dependent on you, such as a family member, by providing living expenses, housing, and care; it is used in legal, tax, and welfare contexts to describe ongoing maintenance for dependents.
Main meanings
- Financial support provided to a dependent by a caregiver, typically a family member, covering living costs.
- A legal or administrative concept denoting a person who receives such support in contexts like taxation or social welfare.
- As a verb 扶養する, to provide for someone's basic needs through money, housing, education, and healthcare.
How to use it
Used in formal writing and everyday speech when discussing family obligations, taxation, and social welfare; contexts include family law, tax forms, and employer declarations of dependents. Common phrases: 扶養する, 扶養家族, 税法上の扶養控除, 公的扶助と扶養の関係.
Variants and close terms
- 養う (やしなう): to support financially or nurture
- 扶助 (ふじょ): assistance or aid, less specific to family maintenance
- 扶養控除 (ふようこうじょ): tax dependent deduction
Composition
- 扶: support; a hand or assistive gesture
- 養: nourish, raise; provisioning and care to enable growth
Etymology
etimologia Two kanji: 扶 meaning to support and 養 meaning to nourish; the compound is read ふよう (fuyō) in modern Japanese, reflecting a straightforward combination of core meanings rather than a borrowed foreign form.
Origin
扶養 has long been embedded in Japanese family and tax law, with early forms appearing in classical legal codes and evolving through modern welfare and tax systems to designate dependents and the maintenance they receive.
Word class
Noun; verb form 扶養する (suru-verb)