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いや増す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	いや増ます	いや増まさない
Polite	いや増まします	いや増ましません
Past polite	いや増ましました	いや増ましませんでした
Past	いや増ました	いや増まさなかった
Te-form	いや増まして	いや増まさないで
Desire	いや増ましたい	いや増ましたくない
Potential	いや増ませる	いや増ませない
Passive	いや増まされる	いや増まされない
Causative	いや増まさせる	いや増まさせない
Causative passive	いや増まさせられる	いや増まさせられない
Volitional	いや増まそう
Polite volitional	いや増ましましょう
Imperative	いや増ませ	いや増ますな
Conditional	いや増ませば	いや増まさなければ
Tara conditional	いや増ましたら	いや増まさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

increase more and more; grow increasingly intense

formal or literary

Formal or literary intransitive verb describing a gradual, continuous intensification or increase. Often used with abstract nouns like 思い, 悲しみ, or 不安.

彼かれへの思おもいはいや増ますばかりだ。
My feelings for him only grow stronger and stronger.
不ふ安あんがいや増ましていく。
My anxiety continues to intensify.

Kanji

増increase, add, augment
弥all the more, increasingly

Related words

増ます
増す is a common verb for 'increase' in both transitive and intransitive uses, while いや増す is a formal/literary intransitive compound emphasizing continuous intensification.
強つよまる
強まる means 'to become stronger' in a general sense; いや増す carries a more poetic or emotional nuance of gradual, relentless increase.

Written forms

いや増ますUsage86%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the kanji 増す is common for 'increase'.
いやますUsage14%
Kana spelling is practical for learners and common in modern casual writing.
弥いや増ます
Rare kanji spelling using 弥, which can be confused with other readings; mostly seen in older or literary texts.

Etymology

Compound of the prefix いや (more and more) and the verb 増す (to increase). The prefix いや is an old intensifier, and the combination is now a formal/literary expression.