肥沃(ひよく)な

ひよくな
na-adjective
fertile; rich (soil)
1. fertile; rich; productive (of land or soil)
Describes land or soil that is rich in nutrients and capable of producing abundant crops or vegetation.
肥沃(ひよく)な土地(とち)。
Fertile land.
この地域(ちいき)は肥沃(ひよく)な土壌(どじょう)に恵(めぐ)まれている。
This region is blessed with fertile soil.
川(かわ)の氾濫(はんらん)が肥沃(ひよく)な大地(だいち)をつくり、古代(こだい)から農業(のうぎょう)が盛(さか)んだった。
River flooding created fertile land, and agriculture has thrived since ancient times.

Na-adjective: 肥沃(ひよく) (肥(ひ) = fertile, fat + 沃(よく) = irrigate, enrich). A somewhat literary or formal word typically used in written contexts about geography, agriculture, or history.

FORMS:

  • Adverbial: 肥沃(ひよく)に (rare)
  • Noun form: 肥沃(ひよく)さ (fertility of land)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 肥沃(ひよく)な土地(とち) (fertile land)
  • 肥沃(ひよく)な土壌(どじょう) (fertile soil)
  • 肥沃(ひよく)な大地(だいち) (fertile earth)

The opposite is 不毛(ふもう) (barren, infertile).

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