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
- 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
土地を肥やす
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.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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