ねずみ算式に増える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん > ざん
Grade: 2
しき
Grade: 3

Grade: 5
on’yomi goon kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
ねずみ算式に增える (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of ねずみ(ざん) (nezumizan) + (しき) (shiki, formula) + (ni) + ()える (fueru, to increase), literally means "increase as nezumizan formula."

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ne̞zɨᵝmʲizã̠ɰ̃ɕikʲi ɲ̟i ɸɯ̟ᵝe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ねずみ算式(ざんしき)()える • (nezumizanshiki ni fueru) ichidan (stem ねずみ算式(ざんしき)() (nezumizanshiki ni fue), past ねずみ算式(ざんしき)()えた (nezumizanshiki ni fueta))

  1. to increase rapidly or exponentially; to grow like rabbits breeding (of bad thing)
    • 2017 August 19, “(とつ)(ぜん)(せま)くなる()(どう)(なぞ) (だい)()()(ひそ)む「(うご)かせない」()()”, in (あさ)()(しん)(ぶん), 朝日新聞社, archived from the original on 3 May 2019:
      (なん)(だい)にもわたって(そう)(ぞく)(とう)()されずにきた()()は、()(まご)、ひ(まご)(だい)へと(しょ)(ゆう)(しゃ)ねずみ(ざん)(しき)()てしまい、()るに()れない「(しお)()け」の()()になる。
      Nandai nimo watatte sōzoku tōki sarezu ni kita tochi wa, ko, mago, himago no dai hetoshoyūsha ga nezumizanshiki ni fuete shimai, uru ni urenai “shiozuke” no tochi ni naru.
      As for land that has not been registered for generations, the number of owners increases exponentially to generations of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and it becomes "non-dealable" land that is difficult to sell even if the owners want to.

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