肥
fertile, fertilizer, get fat, manure, pamper
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
8 / 8
Information
Grade:5
Strokes:8
JLPT:1
Frequency:1469
Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化学肥料 | カガクヒリョウ | chemical fertilizer; chemical fertiliser |
| 肥大 | ヒダイ | swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy |
| 肥満 | ヒマン | corpulence; fatness; obesity |
| 肥料 | ヒリョウ | manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost |
| 堆肥 | タイヒ | compost; manure |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肥る | ふとる | to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout |
| 肥 | こえ | manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer |
| 肥える | こえる | to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight; to grow fertile (of soil); to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.); to be discriminating; to be refined; to become rich; to become wealthy |
| たい肥 | たいひ | compost; manure |
| 肥やし | こやし | manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer; something that will help one develop in the future |
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color
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arms & legs, limb
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胞
placenta, sac, sheath
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用
business, employ, service, use, utilize
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月
month, moon
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脂
fat, grease, gum, lard, rosin, tallow, tar
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肌
body, grain, skin, texture
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服
admit, clothing, discharge, obey
Grade 3JLPT 4
肝
chutzpah, liver, nerve, pluck
Grade 8JLPT 1