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21 増える To Increase

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Meaning

Primary

To Increase

Word Type

intransitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means increase, so the vocabulary verb version means to increase. This is when something is just increasing on its own, and you're not doing the increasing. You know this because you like to err (える) on the side of caution and not touch anything when it's increasing, therefore you're not doing any of the increasing yourself (it's just happening).

Reading

ふえる

Explanation

It would be foolish (ふ) of you to touch anything while things are increasing anyways. You don't want to mess up a good thing, do you? Don't be a fool.

Context

Context Sentences

ここ5年間、ビエトの一日当たりの飲酒量が増えてきています。

Over the past five years, Viet’s daily amount of alcohol has been increasing.

Kanji Composition

  • 増
    • ぞう
    • Increase
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