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強まる · godan verb (-ru)

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

Intransitive verb describing a natural increase in strength, intensity, or force. Often used for wind, pressure, feelings, or trends.

風かぜが強つよまるfor the wind to become stronger
台たい風ふうの接せっ近きんとともに風かぜが強つよまってきた。
As the typhoon approached, the wind grew stronger.
〈事こと〉への不ふ安あんが強つよまるfor anxiety about something to intensify
経けい済ざいの先さき行ゆきへの不ふ安あんが強つよまっている。
Anxiety about the economic outlook is intensifying.
〈事こと〉の傾けい向こうが強つよまるfor a trend toward something to strengthen
若わか者ものの間あいだで節せつ約やく志し向こうの傾けい向こうが強つよまっている。
The trend toward frugality is strengthening among young people.

強つよめるN2
強める is the transitive verb meaning 'to strengthen something', while 強まる is the intransitive 'to become strong'.

高たかまるN2
高まる often describes emotions, tension, or reputation rising, while 強まる more broadly covers force, intensity, or trends becoming stronger.
増ますN3
増す emphasizes an increase in amount or degree, whereas 強まる focuses specifically on strength or intensity increasing.
募つのるN1
強まる is a general word for anything becoming stronger (wind, strength, feelings), while 募る is limited to feelings, desires, or abstract conditions intensifying.
深ふかまるN2
深まる describes something becoming deeper or more profound (understanding, bonds, seasons), while 強まる describes something becoming stronger in intensity (wind, feelings, doubts).
盛さかるN1
強まる is the neutral word for something intensifying (wind, feeling), while 盛る (さかる) has a more literary flavor, often used for fire or passion gaining force.

弱よわまるN2
弱まる means 'to weaken or become weak', the direct opposite of 強まる 'to become strong'.
和やわらぐN1
強まる means something intensifies or grows stronger, the opposite of 和らぐ, which means it softens or weakens.
弱よわるN1
強まる means to intensify or grow stronger, the direct opposite of 弱る's sense of growing weak or losing strength.

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薄うすまるN2
強まる means 'to intensify or grow stronger', the opposite of 薄まる 'to weaken or thin out'.
薄うすらぐ
強まる means to intensify or grow stronger, the opposite of 薄らぐ, which means to weaken or fade.

Derived from the adjective 強い (つよい, 'strong') with the intransitive suffix まる, which indicates becoming or changing into a state.