肥やす
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 肥 |
| こ Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ko̞ja̠sɨᵝ]
Verb
肥やす • (koyasu) transitive godan (stem 肥やし (koyashi), past 肥やした (koyashita))
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | 肥やす |
| mediopassive | 肥える |
- to fertilize
- 痩せた土地を肥やす
- yaseta tochi o koyasu
- to fertilize the infertile land
- 痩せた土地を肥やす
- to fatten (livestock)
- 豚を肥やす
- buta o koyasu
- to fatten the pigs
- 豚を肥やす
- to bring unjust enrichment to; to benefit unfairly
- 私腹を肥やす
- shifuku o koyasu
- to line one's pockets
- 私腹を肥やす
- to make perceptive/sensible
- 舌を肥やす
- shita o koyasu
- to make someone/oneself picky about food (lit. to make the tongue sensible)
- 舌を肥やす
- (taking sensory organs such as 目 (me, “eyes”) as object) to enjoy sensually
Conjugation
Conjugation of "肥やす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 肥やさ | こやさ | koyasa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 肥やし | こやし | koyashi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 肥やす | こやす | koyasu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 肥やす | こやす | koyasu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 肥やせ | こやせ | koyase |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 肥やせ | こやせ | koyase |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 肥やされる | こやされる | koyasareru |
| Causative | 肥やさせる 肥やさす |
こやさせる こやさす |
koyasaseru koyasasu |
| Potential | 肥やせる | こやせる | koyaseru |
| Volitional | 肥やそう | こやそう | koyasō |
| Negative | 肥やさない | こやさない | koyasanai |
| Negative continuative | 肥やさず | こやさず | koyasazu |
| Formal | 肥やします | こやします | koyashimasu |
| Perfective | 肥やした | こやした | koyashita |
| Conjunctive | 肥やして | こやして | koyashite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 肥やせば | こやせば | koyaseba |
Classical conjugation of "肥やす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 肥やさ | こやさ | koyasa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 肥やし | こやし | koyasi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 肥やす | こやす | koyasu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 肥やす | こやす | koyasu |
| Realis (已然形) | 肥やせ | こやせ | koyase |
| Imperative (命令形) | 肥やせ | こやせ | koyase |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 肥やさず | こやさず | koyasazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 肥やせど | こやせど | koyasedo |
| Causal conjunction | 肥やせば | こやせば | koyaseba |
| Conditional conjunction | 肥やさば | こやさば | koyasaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 肥やしき | こやしき | koyasiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 肥やしけり | こやしけり | koyasikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 肥やしつ | こやしつ | koyasitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 肥やしぬ | こやしぬ | koyasinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 肥やせり 肥やしたり | こやせり こやしたり | koyaseri koyasitari |
| Volitional | 肥やさむ | こやさむ | koyasamu |
Synonyms
- (to fatten livestock): 肥育 (hīku)
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