増やす

Japanese

See also 増える, and 増ゆ
Kanji in this term
増
ふ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
增やす (kyūjitai)
殖やす

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふや​す [fùyáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝja̠sɨᵝ]
  • 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 ふや​す [fùyáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 増やせ ふや​せ [fùyáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 増やされる ふやされ​る [fùyásáréꜜrù]
Causative 増やさせる ふやさせ​る [fùyásáséꜜrù]
Potential 増やせる ふやせ​る [fùyáséꜜrù]
Volitional 増やそう ふやそ​ー [fùyásóꜜò]
Negative 増やさない ふやさ​ない [fùyásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 増やさなかった ふやさ​なかった [fùyásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 増やします ふやしま​す [fùyáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 増やした ふや​した [fùyáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 増やして ふや​して [fùyáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 増やせば ふや​せば [fùyáꜜsèbà]

Verb

増(ふ)やす • (fuyasu) transitive godan (stem 増(ふ)やし (fuyashi), past 増(ふ)やした (fuyashita))

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

Conjugation

Antonyms

References

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