有機(ゆうき)肥料(ひりょう)

ゆうきひりょう
noun
organic fertilizer
1. organic fertilizer
Fertilizer derived from natural, organic materials such as compost, animal manure, bone meal, or plant matter, as opposed to chemically synthesized fertilizers.
有機(ゆうき)肥料(ひりょう)を使(つか)って野菜(やさい)を育(そだ)てている。
I grow vegetables using organic fertilizer.
有機(ゆうき)肥料(ひりょう)は土(つち)の質(しつ)を改善(かいぜん)する効果(こうか)がある。
Organic fertilizer has the effect of improving soil quality.
化学(かがく)肥料(ひりょう)の代(か)わりに有機(ゆうき)肥料(ひりょう)を選(えら)ぶ農家(のうか)が増(ふ)えている。
More farmers are choosing organic fertilizer instead of chemical fertilizer.

A compound of 有機(ゆうき) (organic) and 肥料(ひりょう) (fertilizer). Increasingly common as interest in organic farming (有機(ゆうき)農業(のうぎょう)) and sustainable agriculture grows in Japan.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 有機(ゆうき)肥料(ひりょう)を施(ほどこ)す: to apply organic fertilizer
  • 有機(ゆうき)肥料(ひりょう)で栽培(さいばい)する: to cultivate with organic fertilizer
  • 完熟(かんじゅく)有機(ゆうき)肥料(ひりょう): fully composted organic fertilizer

TYPES:

  • 堆肥(たいひ): compost — decomposed plant matter
  • 鶏糞(けいふん): chicken manure
  • 骨粉(こっぷん): bone meal
  • 油(あぶら)かす: oil cake; seed meal

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 化学(かがく)肥料(ひりょう): chemical fertilizer — the synthetic counterpart
  • 堆肥(たいひ): compost — one specific type of organic fertilizer
  • 肥(こ)やし: fertilizer; manure — more colloquial general term
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