肥
fatten; fertilizer; get fat; fertile; manure; pamper
8 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 1469.
Readings
- ヒ (on reading): 肥料 (ひりょう) manure; 肥沃 (ひよく) fertile
- こえる (kun reading): 肥える (こえる) to grow fat; 口が肥える (くちがこえる) to be used to eating the best
- こえ (kun reading): 肥 (こえ) manure; 肥溜め (こえだめ) tank for holding human waste (used for fertilizer)
- こやす (kun reading): 肥やす (こやす) to fertilize; 私腹を肥やす (しふくをこやす) to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
- こやし (kun reading): 肥やし (こやし) manure; 肥やし桶 (こやしおけ) night soil pail
- ふとる (kun reading)
Components
Words using 肥
- 肥料 (ひりょう) manure
- 肥沃 (ひよく) fertile
- 肥満 (ひまん) corpulence
- 肥大化 (ひだいか) swelling
- 肥大 (ひだい) swelling
- 肥える (こえる) to grow fat
- 口が肥える (くちがこえる) to be used to eating the best
- 目が肥える (めがこえる) to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.)
- 固肥える (かたごえる) to put on a moderate amount of lean or firm weight
- 天高く馬肥ゆる秋 (てんたかくうまこゆるあき) autumn comes with harvest time and clear weather
- 肥 (こえ) manure
- 肥溜め (こえだめ) tank for holding human waste (used for fertilizer)
- 下肥 (しもごえ) manure
- 元肥 (もとごえ) basal fertilizer
- 肥汲み (こえくみ) night-soil man
- 肥やす (こやす) to fertilize
- 私腹を肥やす (しふくをこやす) to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
- 懐を肥やす (ふところをこやす) to feather one's own nest
- 紫馬肥 (むらさきうまごやし) alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- 肥やし (こやし) manure
- 肥やし桶 (こやしおけ) night soil pail
- タンスの肥やし (たんすのこやし) unused things (esp. clothing)
- 芸の肥やし (げいのこやし) something that will help develop one's artistic skill
121 words in all.