肥料 (hiryō) means “fertilizer” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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野菜を元気に育てるために肥料を選びます。ya sai o gen ki ni soda te ru ta me ni hi ryō o era bi ma su

I choose fertilizer to help vegetables grow well.

Represents material added to the soil to support healthy plant growth by restoring or increasing its nutrients.

肥やしkoyashi: A familiar term for material added to soil to provide nutrients for plant growth.

植物の生育に必要な養分を土に与えるために用いる物質。shoku butsu no sei iku ni hitsu yō na yō bun o tsuchi ni ata e ru ta me ni mochi i ru bus shitsu

肥料 (hiryō) is a Sino-Japanese compound of 肥 (hi, "fertile") and 料 (ryō, "material"), naming material used to enrich soil.

In Japanese gardening and farming, 肥料 (hiryō) is commonly treated as a mass noun, so 肥料を買う (hiryō o kau) means buying fertilizer in general rather than one item.