Kanji · 漢字
増
Kun ま.す、ま.し、ふ.える、ふ.やす
On ゾウ
increase
increase · add · augment · gain · promote
N2
JLPT
14
strokes
#231
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
指標は前月比４％増の１２０．５に上昇した。
The index advanced to 120.5, up 4% from the preceding month.
この新たな投資が利益増につながるだろう。
This new investment will multiply our profit.
今月の鉄鋼の生産は、先月より２％増になるだろう。
Steel production will increase 2% this month from last month.
Appears in words
急増 きゅうぞう rapid increase水増し みずまし dilution増す ます to increase増員 ぞういん increasing the number of staff増加 ぞうか increase増強 ぞうきょう reinforcement増減 ぞうげん increase and decrease増刷 ぞうさつ additional printing増産 ぞうさん increase in production増資 ぞうし increase of capital増収 ぞうしゅう increase in yield増殖 ぞうしょく increase増進 ぞうしん promoting増税 ぞうぜい tax increase増設 ぞうせつ adding (equipment, facilities, etc.)増大 ぞうだい enlargement倍増 ばいぞう doubling増える ふえる to increase増やす ふやす to increase日増しに ひましに day by day増し まし better増益 ぞうえき increased (profit)増水 ぞうすい rising water (of river, lake, etc.)増発 ぞうはつ increasing the number (of trains, planes, etc.) in operation増額 ぞうがく increase (in an amount of money)