増す

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
增す (kyūjitai)
益す

Etymology

From Old Japanese ます (to increase).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "増す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
増す [màsú]
Imperative (命令形) 増せ [màsé]
Key constructions
Passive 増される される [màsárérú]
Causative 増させる させる [màsásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 増そう [màsóꜜò]
Negative 増さない さない [màsánáí]
Negative perfective 増さなかった さなかった [màsánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 増します しま [màshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 増した した [màshítá]
Conjunctive 増して して [màshíté]
Hypothetical conditional 増せば [màséꜜbà]

Verb

() • (masu) godan (stem () (mashi), past ()した (mashita))

  1. to increase
    その会社(かいしゃ)()間的(けんてき)信用(しんよう)来年(らいねん)株式公開(かぶしきこうかい)()ことだろう。
    Sono kaisha no seken teki na shin'yō wa rainen no kabushiki kōkai de masu koto darō.
    The public confidence in the company will increase with an IPO in the coming year.
  2. (of water) to rise
    昨晩(さくばん)からのひどい(あめ)(かわ)(みず)かさが()している。
    Sakuban kara no hidoi ame de kawa no mizukasa ga mashite iru.
    The river has risen due to heavy rain since last night.

Usage notes

  • Slightly more literary than the synonym 増える.

Conjugation

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See also

References

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