肥やす・肥す|こやすkoyasu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Which spelling to use
肥やす肥やす is the most common written form and the preferred choice for beginners; use it when you need to write the word and have no reason to choose another form.
肥す肥す is a less common mixed kanji-and-kana variant with irregular okurigana; learners should mainly recognize it rather than select it as their default spelling.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
Conjugation
Dictionary form肥やす(こやす)
Polite (masu)肥やします(こやします)
Negative (nai)肥やさない(こやさない)
polite (masen)肥やしません(こやしません)
classical zu / nu肥やさず・肥やさぬ(こやさず・こやさぬ)
Past (ta)肥やした(こやした)
polite (mashita)肥やしました(こやしました)
Past negative (nakatta)肥やさなかった(こやさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)肥やしませんでした(こやしませんでした)
Te form肥やして(こやして)
Potential肥やせる(こやせる)
Passive肥やされる(こやされる)
Causative肥やさせる(こやさせる)
Causative passive肥やさせられる(こやさせられる)
Conditional (ba)肥やせば(こやせば)
tara肥やしたら(こやしたら)
Volitional肥やそう(こやそう)
polite (mashou)肥やしましょう(こやしましょう)
Imperative肥やせ(こやせ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive肥やすこやす⇄intransitive肥えるこえる
土地とちを肥こやす
肥える emphasizes the event or resulting state, as in 土地が肥える, whereas 肥やす foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 土地を肥やす.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 肥沃ひよくにする。
  2. 太ふとらせる。富とませる。
  3. 楽たのしませる。
  4. 知識ちしきなどを増ふやす。
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