肥える
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 肥 |
| こ Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi |
Verb
肥える (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana こえる, rōmaji koeru)
| 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
Conjugation of "肥える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 肥え | こえ | koe | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 肥え | こえ | koe | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 肥える | こえる | koeru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 肥える | こえる | koeru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 肥えれ | こえれ | koere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 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 | ||||
Classical conjugation of "肥ゆ" (ヤ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 肥え | こえ | koe |
| Continuative (連用形) | 肥え | こえ | koe |
| Terminal (終止形) | 肥ゆ | こゆ | koyu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 肥ゆる | こゆる | koyuru |
| Realis (已然形) | 肥ゆれ | こゆれ | koyure |
| Imperative (命令形) | 肥えよ | こえよ | koeyo |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 肥えず | こえず | koezu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 肥ゆれど | こゆれど | koyuredo |
| Causal conjunction | 肥ゆれば | こゆれば | koyureba |
| Conditional conjunction | 肥えば | こえば | koeba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 肥えき | こえき | koeki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 肥えけり | こえけり | koekeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 肥えつ | こえつ | koetu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 肥えぬ | こえぬ | koenu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 肥えたり | こえたり | koetari |
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