増やす

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Japanese

See also 増える, and 増ゆ
Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
增やす (kyūjitai)
殖やす

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "増やす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
増やす
Imperative (命令形) 増やせ
Key constructions
Passive 増やされる やされ
Causative 増やさせる やさせ
Potential 増やせる やせ
Volitional 増やそう やそ
Negative 増やさない やさない
Negative perfective 増やさなかった やさなかった
Formal 増やします やしま
Perfective 増やした した
Conjunctive 増やして して
Hypothetical conditional 増やせば せば

Verb

()やす (fuyasutransitive godan (stem ()やし (fuyashi), past ()やした (fuyashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 増やす
mediopassive 増える
  1. increase
    ()容量(ようりょう)()やす
    aki-yōryō o fuyasu
    free up disk space
    (literally, “increase empty space”)
    国内(こくない)店舗(てんぽ)()やす
    kokunai de tenpo o fuyasu
    increase the number of domestic stores
    (literally, “increase stores within the country”)
    (かね)()やす
    o-kane o fuyasu
    make more money
    (literally, “increase money”)

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN