肥

fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure, pamper

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

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Kun'yomi (訓読み)

こ.えるこ.やしこ.やすこえふと.る

Nanori (名乗り)

いこいひえ

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

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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texture, skin, body, grain

clothing, admit, obey, discharge

liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah