To Increase Something
To Increase
transitive verb, godan verb
Remember how 増える is "to increase" (as in, something just increases, you aren't doing the increasing yourself). This one is that one, where you're doing the increasing. So, this word means to increase something. You know you're doing the increasing because you said "yes" (やす) to increasing something, and did it yourself.
The reading is the same like 増える. If you know that vocab word you probably can read this one as well.
もっと文才のあるライターを増やすべきだ。
We really should increase the number of writers who have some literary talent.
トーフグのファンをもっと増やしたいんだけど、どうしたらいいかな？
We want to increase the number of Tofugu fans. What do you think we should do?
平日に家族と過ごす時間を増やすために、宿題は全部週末にやることにしてるんだ。
I save all my homework for the weekend so I can spend more time with my family on weekdays.