I Love Kanji増す (masu)
増す (ます, masu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to increase; to grow”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ます
- Romaji
- masu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to increase; to grow · godan verb, intransitive, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 増す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 増す | ます masu |
| Polite (~masu) | 増します | まします mashimasu |
| Negative | 増さない | まさない masanai |
| Polite negative | 増しません | ましません mashimasen |
| Past | 増した | ました mashita |
| Polite past | 増しました | ましました mashimashita |
| Negative past | 増さなかった | まさなかった masanakatta |
| Te-form | 増して | まして mashite |
| Potential | 増せる | ませる maseru |
| Passive | 増される | まされる masareru |
| Causative | 増させる | まさせる masaseru |
| Volitional | 増そう | まそう masou |
| Imperative | 増せ | ませ mase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 増せば | ませば maseba |
Kanji in 増す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 増す.
増えるふえるto increase増加ぞうかincrease増やすふやすto increase増減ぞうげんincrease and decrease増大ぞうだいenlargement激増げきぞうsharp increase増強ぞうきょうreinforcement増進ぞうしんpromoting増しましbetter
Source: JMdict entry 1403120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.