増える

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
增える (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From the Classical Japanese verb 増ゆ (fuyu).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「増える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
増える [fùéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 増えろ [fùéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 増えられる えられ [fùéráréꜜrù]
Causative 増えさせる えさせ [fùésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 増えよう えよ [fùéyóꜜò]
Negative 増えない ない [fùéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 増えなかった なかった [fùéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 増えます えま [fùémáꜜsù]
Perfective 増えた えた [fúꜜètà]
Conjunctive 増えて えて [fúꜜètè]
Hypothetical conditional 増えれば れば [fùéꜜrèbà]

Verb

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()える (fueruintransitive ichidan (stem () (fue), past ()えた (fueta))

Japanese verb pair
active 増やす
mediopassive 増える
  1. to increase (in numbers, quantity, or volume)
    Antonym: 減る (heru)
  2. 殖える: to increase, especially money or living organisms

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN