JLPT N3 · Verb

増やす (fuyasu)

増やす (ふやす, fuyasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to increase; to add to”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ふやす
Romaji
fuyasu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to increase; to add to; to augment · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

体力を増やすように努めなさい。
Try to build up your strength.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 増やす

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary増やすふやす fuyasu
Polite (~masu)増やしますふやします fuyashimasu
Negative増やさないふやさない fuyasanai
Polite negative増やしませんふやしません fuyashimasen
Past増やしたふやした fuyashita
Polite past増やしましたふやしました fuyashimashita
Negative past増やさなかったふやさなかった fuyasanakatta
Te-form増やしてふやして fuyashite
Potential増やせるふやせる fuyaseru
Passive増やされるふやされる fuyasareru
Causative増やさせるふやさせる fuyasaseru
Volitional増やそうふやそう fuyasou
Imperative増やせふやせ fuyase
Conditional (~ba)増やせばふやせば fuyaseba

Kanji in 増やす

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 増やす.

Source: JMdict entry 1602880 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.