"増える" meaning in Japanese

See 増える in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ɸɯ̟ᵝe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From the Classical Japanese verb 増ゆ (fuyu). Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|増ゆ|tr=fuyu}} 増ゆ (fuyu), {{m|ja|下二段活用||lower bigrade conjugation|tr=shimo nidan katsuyō}} 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), {{m|ja|下一段活用||lower monograde conjugation|tr=shimo ichidan katsuyō}} 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|ふえる|tr=intrans|type=2}} 増(ふ)える • (fueru) intransitive ichidan (stem 増(ふ)え (fue), past 増(ふ)えた (fueta)) Forms: 増える [canonical] (ruby: ()), fueru [romanization], 増え [stem] (ruby: ()), 増えた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 増え [error-unrecognized-form], ふえ [error-unrecognized-form], fue [error-unrecognized-form], 増える [error-unrecognized-form], ふえる [error-unrecognized-form], fueru [error-unrecognized-form], 増えれ [error-unrecognized-form], ふえれ [error-unrecognized-form], fuere [error-unrecognized-form], 増えよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 増えろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ふえよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ふえろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], fueyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], fuero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 増えられる [passive], ふえられる [passive], fuerareru [passive], 増えさせる [causative], 増えさす [causative], ふえさせる [causative], ふえさす [causative], fuesaseru [causative], fuesasu [causative], 増えられる [potential], 増えれる [colloquial, potential], ふえられる [potential], ふえれる [colloquial, potential], fuerareru [potential], fuereru [colloquial, potential], 増えよう [volitional], ふえよう [volitional], fueyō [volitional], 増えない [negative], 増えぬ [negative], 増えん [negative], ふえない [negative], ふえぬ [negative], ふえん [negative], fuenai [negative], fuenu [negative], fuen [negative], 増えず [continuative, negative], ふえず [continuative, negative], fuezu [continuative, negative], 増えます [formal], ふえます [formal], fuemasu [formal], 増えた [perfective], ふえた [perfective], fueta [perfective], 増えて [conjunctive], ふえて [conjunctive], fuete [conjunctive], 増えれば [conditional, hypothetical], ふえれば [conditional, hypothetical], fuereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to increase (in numbers, quantity, or volume)
    Sense id: en-増える-ja-verb-RfsQ02kM
  2. 殖える: to increase, especially money or living organisms
    Sense id: en-増える-ja-verb-Z8qaI7-P Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 21 79 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 84

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "増えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fueyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fueta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "増えれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ふえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ふえる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "増(ふ)える • (fueru) intransitive ichidan (stem 増(ふ)え (fue), past 増(ふ)えた (fueta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "減る"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to increase (in numbers, quantity, or volume)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "殖える: to increase, especially money or living organisms"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "殖える",
          "殖える#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ふえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɸɯ̟ᵝe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "増える"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "増える"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "増える",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "増える"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "増える",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "増える"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "増える",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "増える"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "増える",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "増える"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "増える",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "増える"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "増える",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "増える"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "増える",
  "trace": ""
}

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