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肥やす (こやす, koyasu) Japanese meaning: fertilize | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation 肥やす · godan verb (-su)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 肥こ やす 肥こ やさない Polite 肥こ やします 肥こ やしません Past polite 肥こ やしました 肥こ やしませんでした Past 肥こ やした 肥こ やさなかった Te-form 肥こ やして 肥こ やさないで Desire 肥こ やしたい 肥こ やしたくない Potential 肥こ やせる 肥こ やせない Passive 肥こ やされる 肥こ やされない Causative 肥こ やさせる 肥こ やさせない Causative passive 肥こ やさせられる 肥こ やさせられない Volitional 肥こ やそう Polite volitional 肥こ やしましょう Imperative 肥こ やせ 肥こ やすな Conditional 肥こ やせば 肥こ やさなければ Tara conditional 肥こ やしたら 肥こ やさなかったら
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つち
を
肥こ
やす
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We add compost to the field to enrich the soil.
That politician lined his own pockets through vested interests.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 肥こ やす to fertilize/enrich (land, soil)
Every year we enrich the field with fallen leaves.
〈 動どう 物ぶつ 〉 を 肥こ やす to fatten up (an animal)
The farmer fattens the pigs before taking them to market.
目め を 肥こ やす to train one's eye, develop discerning taste
She visits art museums regularly to develop a discerning eye.
Expressions 懐ふところ を 肥こ やす feather one's own nest; line one's pockets 芸げい の 肥こ やし something that nourishes one's artistic skill 私し 腹ふく を 肥こ やす line one's own pockets; enrich oneself by abusing one's position タンスの 肥こ やし clothes or items bought but never used; unused things taking up space Kanji 肥 fertilizer, get fat, fertile Transitive / intransitive 肥える is the intransitive form meaning soil, an animal, or a person becomes fat/fertile on its own, while 肥やす is the transitive form meaning to make something fertile or fat.
Written forms 肥こ やす Usage 70%
Standard okurigana spelling and the prioritized form.
こやす Usage 26%
肥こや す Usage 3%
irregular okurigana
Attested irregular okurigana spelling; avoid in ordinary writing unless quoting or searching older or nonstandard text.
Etymology A native Japanese verb related to 肥える, with a transitive or causative-like form. The kanji 肥 is conventionally associated with fatness, richness, and fertility.
