増ふえる

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増える · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	増ふえる	増ふえない
Polite	増ふえます	増ふえません
Past polite	増ふえました	増ふえませんでした
Past	増ふえた	増ふえなかった
Te-form	増ふえて	増ふえないで
Desire	増ふえたい	増ふえたくない
Potential	増ふえられるalso 増ふえれる	増ふえられないalso 増ふえれない
Passive	増ふえられる	増ふえられない
Causative	増ふえさせる	増ふえさせない
Causative passive	増ふえさせられる	増ふえさせられない
Volitional	増ふえよう
Polite volitional	増ふえましょう
Imperative	増ふえろ	増ふえるな
Conditional	増ふえれば	増ふえなければ
Tara conditional	増ふえたら	増ふえなかったら

Pairs with増やす

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

increase; multiply; grow in number

General intransitive verb for something becoming more in number, amount, or degree. 殖える is often used for population growth, breeding, or capital appreciation.

Antonyms: 減る

最さい近きん、外がい国こく人じんの観かん光こう客きゃくが増ふえている。
Recently, the number of foreign tourists has been increasing.
運うん動どう不ぶ足そくで体たい重じゅうが増ふえた。
I gained weight due to lack of exercise.
この池いけでは鯉こいがどんどん殖ふえている。
The carp in this pond are multiplying rapidly.

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Usage patterns

人じん口こうが増ふえるthe population increases
この町まちの人じん口こうは年ねん々ねん増ふえている。
The population of this town is increasing year by year.
〈数かず〉に増ふえるto increase to a certain number/amount
参さん加か者しゃは去きょ年ねんの2倍ばいに増ふえた。
The number of participants increased to twice last year's.
〈事こと〉が増ふえる一いっ方ぽうだsomething just keeps increasing
仕し事ごと量りょうが増ふえる一いっ方ぽうで、休やすみが取とれない。
My workload just keeps increasing, and I can't take any days off.
急きゅう激げきに増ふえるto increase sharply/rapidly
最さい近きん、この地ち域いきで交こう通つう事じ故こが急きゅう激げきに増ふえている。
Traffic accidents have been increasing sharply in this area recently.

Expressions

量りょうが増ふえるincrease in quantity; gain in amount
体たい重じゅうが増ふえるgain weight; put on weight
増ふえても減へってもmore or less; give or take; roughly

Kanji

増increase, add, augment
殖augment, increase, multiply

Transitive / intransitive

増ふやすN3
増える is intransitive ('something increases'), while 増やす is its transitive partner ('to increase something').

Related words

増ますN3
増える is the everyday word for a countable amount or number going up, while 増す is more literary and often used for the intensifying of a degree or force, like 勢いが増す.
かさむN1
増える is a neutral, general verb for 'increase' in number or amount, while かさむ specifically describes a burdensome or bulky accumulation, often of expenses or volume.
増ぞう加かN3
増加 is a formal noun/verbal-noun used in writing and statistics, while 増える is the everyday intransitive verb for the same idea.
加くわわるN3
増える simply means to increase in number or amount, while 加わる in this sense emphasizes something new joining in that causes the increase.

Opposites

減へるN4
decrease; diminish; go down
無なくなるN4
増える means to increase in quantity, the opposite of 無くなる when talking about a supply being used up.

Word family

増ふえ続つづける
continue to increase; keep growing; keep mounting

Written forms

増ふえるUsage86%
Standard kanji for general increase in number, amount, or degree.
ふえるUsage14%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the nuance of the kanji is not needed.
殖ふえるUsage<1%
Often used for population growth, breeding, or capital appreciation; narrower than 増える.

Etymology

Derived from the verb ふゆ (to increase) with the intransitive suffix える. The kanji 増 generally means 'increase', while 殖 carries a nuance of 'multiply' or 'propagate'.