ぞう
Meanings
Noun
1. increase
Kanji used
increase
Pitch accent
Top 20100
Used in vocabulary (54 in total)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
enlargement; increase
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
addition to a building
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
production increase
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
increase and decrease; fluctuation
increased volume or quantity
tax increase
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
sharp increase; sudden rise
increase (in an amount of money)
increase; addition
extension and structural alteration of building
additional printing (esp. of books, etc.); additional run
special issue (of a magazine, etc.); issuing an extra number
increase of capital
reinforcements
extending (e.g. a book); augmenting; enlarging; supplementing
slight increase; marginal rise
military reinforcement
increase the number of trains in operation; increase bond issues
collection of additional taxes
nothing increases or decreases (because all things are void)
expansion (in space) of a sales area; increase in the number of beds (in a hospital, etc.)
salary increase
increase in the number of flights
gradual increase
increased (profit)
salary increase; raise
increment; change; increment
sensitization; hypersensitization
increasing trend
natural increase
quota increase; allowance increase; limit increase; increase in one's share
increased tax revenue; tax increases
successive or progressive increases; cumulative increase
increase in the number of vehicles, trains, etc.; increase in runs (bus, etc.)
16,800,000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84,000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century)
good crop; increased yield
adding or removing rolling stock to a train that is in service
augmented chord; augmented triad
brightening
Examples (3 in total)
This new investment will multiply our profit.
The index advanced to 120.5, up 4% from the preceding month.
Steel production will increase 2% this month from last month.