殖やす

ふやす · fuyasu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to increase

🐇🌱 殖 as in 繁殖 (breeding): fuyasu = make things multiply, like rabbits

殖やす is the breeding-and-growing kind of increase: livestock, plants, or money earning interest. The everyday word for adding more is 増やす, which has the same reading. Sound hook: few? yah, soon more!

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