増 : Increase

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Components:

土曽

increase, add, augment, gain, promote

On 'yomi:

ゾウ(zou)

Kun 'yomi:

ま.す(ma.su) ま.し(ma.shi) ふ.える(fu.eru) ふ.やす(fu.yasu)

Nanori:

まし(mashi) ます(masu)

Strokes:	14
Radical:	土 (32)
Usage Rating:	231

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	5

Unicode:	05897
jis208:	33-93

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増 Usage examples

弥増さる(いやまさる)	to become still greater
自然増(しぜんぞう)	natural increase
信用が増す(しんようがます)	to gain more confidence
増加分(ぞうかぶん)	increment
増税案(ぞうぜいあん)	tax increase proposal
体重が増える(たいじゅうがふえる)	to gain weight
人手を増やす(ひとでをふやす)	to add to the staff, to increase the staff
増し刷り(ましずり)	reprinting, additional printing
水増し予算(みずましよさん)	budget of padded (empty) figures
量が増える(りょうがふえる)	to gain in quantity
人口増加(じんこうぞうか)	(allowing for) population increase, rise in population
増加率(ぞうかりつ)	rate of increase
臨時増刊(りんじぞうかん)	extra (special) issue (e.g. of a magazine)
大年増(おおどしま)	woman well past her prime, matron well-advanced in age
プッシュプル増幅器(プッシュプルぞうふくき)	push-pull amplifier
軍事増強(ぐんじぞうきょう)	military build-up
増資権利落ち(ぞうしけんりおち)	ex-rights (stock)
第三者割当増資(だいさんしゃわりあてぞうし)	third-party allocation of shares
方が増し(ほうがまし)	I would rather, I would as lief do, strong preference
ないよりは増し(ないよりまし) ないより増し(ないよりまし) 無いよりは増し(ないよりまし) 無いより増し(ないよりまし)	better than a poke in the eye, better than none at all, better than nothing
微増(びぞう)	slight increase, marginal rise
増粘剤(ぞうねんざい)	thickener
増(ぞう)	increase
増長天狗(ぞうちょうてんぐ)	braggart, boaster, self-conceited person
耳年増(みみどしま)	young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.
増え続ける(ふえつづける)	to continue to increase, to continue to mount
増改築(ぞうかいちく)	extension and structural alteration of building
増補改訂(ぞうほかいてい)	revising (and supplementing)
増補改訂版(ぞうほかいていばん)	enlarged and revised edition
増感(ぞうかん)	sensitization, hypersensitization
何にも増して(なににもまして)	above all else, more than anything
増収増益(ぞうしゅうぞうえき)	increase in income and profit
年増美人(としまびじん)	woman of mature beauty