肥える – Vocabulary details

肥こえる

Verb (1-dan, intransitive)

1. to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight

2. to grow fertile

of soil

3. to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear)

4. to become rich; to become successful

fertilizer

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to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate

to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur

to be used to eating the best; to have a refined palate

農のう業ぎょうには肥こえた土と地ちが不ふ可か欠けつだ。

Fertile soil is indispensable for agriculture.

彼かれの農のう場じょうの土つちはとても肥こえている。

The land on his farm is very fertile.

肥こえた人ひとは概がいしてよく汗あせをかく。

Fat people generally sweat a lot.

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