肥える
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 肥 |
| こ Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From Classical Japanese 肥ゆ (koyu).
Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]肥える • (koeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 肥え (koe), past 肥えた (koeta))
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | 肥やす |
| mediopassive | 肥える |
- to become fat; to become plump
- 丸々と肥えた子犬
- marumaru to koeta koinu
- a plump puppy
- 肥えて脂ののった秋鯖
- koete abura no notta akisaba
- fat and greasy autumn mackerel
- 丸々と肥えた子犬
- to become fertile
- 肥えた土地
- koeta tochi
- fertile land
- 肥えた土地
- to be perceptive; to be sensible
- 口が肥えている
- kuchi ga koete iru
- to be picky about food
- 目が肥える
- me ga koeru
- to be a connoisseur
- 口が肥えている
- to make a fortune; to prosper
- 特需景気で肥えた企業
- tokujukeiki de koeta kigyō
- an enterprise that prospered with a special procurement boom
- 特需景気で肥えた企業
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "肥える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 肥え | こえ | koe | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 肥え | こえ | koe | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 肥える | こえる | koeru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 肥える | こえる | koeru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 肥えれ | こえれ | koere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 肥えよ¹ 肥えろ² |
こえよ¹ こえろ² |
koeyo¹ koero² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 肥えられる | こえられる | koerareru | |
| Causative | 肥えさせる 肥えさす |
こえさせる こえさす |
koesaseru koesasu | |
| Potential | 肥えられる 肥えれる³ |
こえられる こえれる³ |
koerareru koereru³ | |
| Volitional | 肥えよう | こえよう | koeyō | |
| Negative | 肥えない 肥えぬ 肥えん |
こえない こえぬ こえん |
koenai koenu koen | |
| Negative continuative | 肥えず | こえず | koezu | |
| Formal | 肥えます | こえます | koemasu | |
| Perfective | 肥えた | こえた | koeta | |
| Conjunctive | 肥えて | こえて | koete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 肥えれば | こえれば | koereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
References
[edit]- “肥える”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
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