🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

堆肥

Pronunciation / Transliteration: taihi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Compost/ˈkɒm.pɒst/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4520 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"庭の土に堆肥を混ぜ合わせます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A decayed mixture of organic matter such as leaves and manure that is used to improve soil structure and provide nutrients.

    "She added rich compost to her garden bed to help the vegetables grow."
As verb
  1. 1

    To treat organic waste material so that it decays and can be used as fertilizer.

    "We compost all our kitchen scraps and garden clippings."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'compost', meaning a mixture or compound, which stems from the Latin 'compositum' (past participle of 'componere', to put together). Initially used in Middle English to describe mixed manure or fertilizer, the term evolved to specifically designate decayed organic material used for fertilizing soil.

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