増える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
增える (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the Classical Japanese verb 増ゆ (fuyu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「増える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
増える
Imperative (命令形) 増えろ
Key constructions
Passive 増えられる えられ
Causative 増えさせる えさせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 増えよう えよ
Negative 増えない ない
Negative perfective 増えなかった なかった
Formal 増えます えま
Perfective 増えた えた
Conjunctive 増えて えて
Hypothetical conditional 増えれば れば

Verb

()える (fueruintransitive ichidan (stem () (fue), past ()えた (fueta))

Japanese verb pair
active 増やす
mediopassive 増える
  1. to increase (in numbers, quantity, or volume)
    Antonym: 減る (heru)
  2. 殖える: to increase, especially money or living organisms

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN