増やす

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Japanese[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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 [fùyáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 増やせ [fùyáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 増やされる やされ [fùyásáréꜜrù]
Causative 増やさせる やさせ [fùyásáséꜜrù]
Potential 増やせる やせ [fùyáséꜜrù]
Volitional 増やそう やそ [fùyásóꜜò]
Negative 増やさない やさない [fùyásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 増やさなかった やさなかった [fùyásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 増やします やしま [fùyáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 増やした した [fùyáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 増やして して [fùyáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 増やせば せば [fùyáꜜsèbà]

Verb[edit]

()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[edit]

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