蚕: A Bombyx mori; the domestic silkworm

to make [something] / to cook / to write a literary work / to grow, to raise / to cultivate ability, to train / to draw up, form, establish / to make an acquaintance

作る: make - make a small thing, grow vegetables / 創る: create - originate, bring into existence / 造る: build, construct - build a house, or a building

to raise; to feed (livestock etc.) / to keep, have (a pet)

silk

silk / silken / sleek / glossy

(idiomatic, especially a child) to be on the verge of tears

shepherd

to tame; to domesticate

Alternative spelling of 飼い馴らす