Meaning

Primary

Manure

Alternative

Fertilizer

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Your fee for being obese is lots of manure coming out of your butt. If you eat a lot you'll poop a lot of manure.

Reading

ひりょう
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

田んぼに肥料をまきました。

I spread manure in the rice field.

牛のフンはいい肥料になるんだよ。

Cow poop will become good fertilizer.

肥料工場での社員間のいざこざについて、どう対処していいか全くわかりませんでした。

I had no idea how to handle the conflict among the workers at the fertilizer factory.

Kanji Composition