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増
increase · add · grow
N3On: ぞうKun: ま、ふ、ふやす
Memory Aid
Imagine a patch of `earth` (土) where things are growing so much that they are multiplying and `increasing` 'once' (曾) again and again.
Vocabulary
増加ぞうかincrease, rise
増えるふえるto increase (intransitive)
増やすふやすto increase (transitive), to multiply
増すますto increase, to grow, to add
増量ぞうりょうincrease in quantity
Example Sentences
人口が毎年増えています。
The population is increasing every year.
貯金を増やすために、節約を始めました。
To increase my savings, I started to economize.
彼の言葉で私の不安が増した。
His words increased my anxiety.
この地域の交通事故が急増している。
Traffic accidents in this area are rapidly increasing.