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肥料 (ひりょう, hiryou) Japanese meaning: fertilizer | Kotomora
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前まえ
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Before growing vegetables, I spread fertilizer on the field.
If you give this flower too much fertilizer, it will actually weaken.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 に 肥ひ 料りょう をやる to give fertilizer to (a plant)
I fertilize the flowers in the garden once a month.
肥ひ 料りょう を 施ほどこ す to apply fertilizer (formal)
The farmer applied fertilizer to the rice field.
肥ひ 料りょう を 撒ま く to scatter or spread fertilizer
He spread fertilizer over the whole field with a tractor.
肥ひ 料りょう になる to turn into fertilizer (e.g. through composting)
Fallen leaves rot and turn into fertilizer.
Kanji 肥 fertilizer, get fat, fertile Related words 堆肥 refers specifically to compost made from decomposed organic matter, while 肥料 is the broader term covering both chemical and organic fertilizers.
肥やし is a homely, everyday word for manure or fertilizer, whereas 肥料 is the neutral, standard term used in technical or commercial contexts.
肥料 is the general, modern term for fertilizer of any kind, while 肥 specifically means manure or night-soil-based fertilizer with a traditional, rural nuance.
肥料 is the general word for fertilizer of any kind, while 化学肥料 specifically means the industrially synthesized type.
Don't confuse with 養分 means the nutrients contained in soil, food, or fertilizer, while 肥料 is the actual material applied to supply those nutrients.
肥料 is fertilizer added to nourish plants, while 農薬 is a chemical used to kill pests, weeds, or disease, not to feed the crop.
Word family· 18 potash fertilizer
chemical fertilizer
chemical fertilizer
Etymology A Sino-Japanese kanji compound: 肥 is associated with fattening or enriching, and 料 with material or substance. The spelling transparently matches the meaning, but this is a component explanation rather than a detailed historical derivation.
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