水増し
水増しする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 水増しする | 水増ししない |
| Polite | 水増しします | 水増ししません |
| Past polite | 水増ししました | 水増ししませんでした |
| Past | 水増しした | 水増ししなかった |
| Te-form | 水増しして | 水増ししないで |
| Desire | 水増ししたい | 水増ししたくない |
| Potential | 水増しできる | 水増しできない |
| Passive | 水増しされる | 水増しされない |
| Causative | 水増しさせる | 水増しさせない |
| Causative passive | 水増しさせられる | 水増しさせられない |
| Volitional | 水増ししよう | |
| Polite volitional | 水増ししましょう | |
| Imperative | 水増ししろ | 水増しするな |
| Conditional | 水増しすれば | 水増ししなければ |
| Tara conditional | 水増ししたら | 水増ししなかったら |
Meanings
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
dilution; watering down
Refers to physically adding water to a liquid to increase volume, often with a negative connotation of reducing quality or strength.
That shop seems to serve sake watered down.
They increased the volume of the soup by watering it down.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Used for artificially inflating numbers, such as budgets, expenses, or claims, often in a dishonest way.
Padding expenses and billing them is a crime.
He inflated his achievements in the report.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を水増しするto dilute something (a liquid) by adding water
The dealer had been watering down the milk.
- 〈数〉を水増しするto pad or inflate a figure (budget, expenses, headcount, etc.)
The company padded its expenses when filing the claim.
- 〈数〉が水増しされるfor a figure to be padded/inflated (passive)
It turned out that the election vote count had been padded.