Kanji1 / 14
増 kanji
increase, add, augment, gain, promote
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ゾウ
Kun readings
ますましふえるふやす
Variant forms
增Words with 増
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3増加Popularincrease; rise; growth; addition; increment
- N2増減Popularincrease and decrease; fluctuation
- N2増大Popularenlargement; increase
- N2激増sharp increase; sudden rise
- N1増強Popularreinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
- N1増進Popularpromoting; increase; advance
- —急増Popularrapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion
- —増員Popularincreasing the number of staff; hiring more people
- —増刷Popularadditional printing; additional print run; reprint
- —増産Popularincrease in production; production increase
- —増資Popularincrease of capital; issue of new shares
- —増収Popularincrease in yield
- —増殖Popularincrease; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
- —増税Populartax increase
- —増設Popularadding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
- —倍増Populardoubling; double
- —増益Popularincreased (profit)
- —増水Popularrising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
- —増発Popularincreasing the number (of trains, planes, etc.) in operation; increasing bond issues; increased issue
- —増額Popularincrease (in an amount of money)