増やす

ふやす · fuyasu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to increase

🐇 fu-ya-su ≈ few? Ya, so add more! It turns few into many

増 (zō, increase) also appears in 増加 zōka. The -やす ending marks the transitive form: you increase something. Its partner 増える (fueru) means something increases by itself.

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