腐 : Rot

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Components:

府肉

rot, decay, sour

On 'yomi:

フ(fu)

Kun 'yomi:

くさ.る(kusa.ru) -くさ.る(kusa.ru) くさ.れる(kusa.reru) くさ.れ(kusa.re) くさ.らす(kusa.rasu) くさ.す(kusa.su)

Strokes:	14
Radical:	肉 (130)
Usage Rating:	1225

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	8

Unicode:	08150
jis208:	41-69

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腐 Usage examples

生き腐れ(いきぐされ)	(fish) appearing fresh but actually gone bad
立ち腐れ(たちぐされ)	dilapidation
宝の持ち腐れ(たからのもちぐされ)	pearls thrown before swine, unused possession, useless possession, waste of talent
威張り腐る(いばりくさる)	to be puffed up
気を腐らす(きをくさらす)	to have the blues, to be depressed
腐れ金(くされがね)	paltry sum (of money)
豆腐一丁(とうふいっちょう)	one cake of bean curd
腸の腐った(はらわたのくさった)	depraved, corrupt, vicious
腐刑(ふけい)	castration
不貞腐れ(ふてくされ)	sulkiness
豆腐屋(とうふや)	tofu seller (maker)
腐臭(ふしゅう)	smell of something rotten, rotten smell
水腐れ(みずくされ)	water rot (decay of crops due to excess water)
揚げ豆腐(あげどうふ)	sliced deep-fried tofu
堕落腐敗(だらくふはい)	debasement, corruption, degradation
腐敗堕落(ふはいだらく)	debasement, corruption, degradation
平凡陳腐(へいぼんちんぷ)	commonplace and stale, humdrum and hackneyed
豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね(とうふのかどにあたまをぶつけてしね)	take a long walk off a short pier, go stick your head in a pig, bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die
腐敗分子(ふはいぶんし)	corrupt elements
腐植(ふしょく)	humus
杏仁豆腐(きょうにんどうふ)	(Chinese-style) almond jelly, dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit
腐女子(ふじょし)	woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
貴腐人(きふじん)	adult woman who likes comics about male homosexual love
貴腐(きふ)	noble rot, Botrytis cinerea infection, esp. of grapes
貴腐ワイン(きふワイン)	wine made with grapes affected by noble rot
腐っても鯛(くさってもたい)	something that is not what it once was but it is still high class, quality is quality, an old eagle is better than a young crow