How to say "dung" in Japanese

• 肥やしこやしCommon
  nounCovers 'dung' when it means manure or fertiliser: dung spread on fields to nourish crops, viewed as a resource rather than as waste. Typical of farming talk.
• 肥こえCommon
  nounThis covers the same sense as 肥やし: 'dung' as manure or fertiliser, dung valued for enriching fields and crops rather than as excrement; either word suits agricultural talk.
• ふんCommon
  nounCovers 'dung' as animal excrement — droppings — in neutral description rather than as manure; this is the straightforward word for the waste itself. It is usually written in kana alone.
  俺おれは犬いぬのフンなんてかたづけたくない。↗

  I don't wanna clean up dog shit.
• くそCommon
  nounA colloquial word for feces and excrement, coarser than ふん; for 'dung' it suits rough or casual talk, and in careful or neutral description it is seldom the word you want.
  お前まえの鼻はなをクソに擦すりつけてやった。↗

  I sure rubbed your nose in shit.

Use 「ふん」 for dung as animal excrement and 「くそ」 for the same thing in colloquial speech; use 「肥やし」 or 肥 when dung is considered as manure or fertiliser for fields and crops.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 肥やしこやしmanure
• 肥こえmanure
• ふんfeces (esp. animal)
• 畜糞ちくふんcattle manure
• くそfeces