増える

Japanese

See also 増やす, and 増ゆ
Kanji in this term
増
ふ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
增える (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the classical lower bigrade verb(ヤ行下二段活用) 増ゆ.

Pronunciation

  • 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 ふえ​る [fùéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 増えろ ふえ​ろ [fùéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 増えられる ふえられ​る [fùéráréꜜrù]
Causative 増えさせる ふえさせ​る [fùésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 増えよう ふえよ​ー [fùéyóꜜò]
Negative 増えない ふえ​ない [fùéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 増えなかった ふえ​なかった [fùéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 増えます ふえま​す [fùémáꜜsù]
Perfective 増えた ふ​えた [fúꜜètà]
Conjunctive 増えて ふ​えて [fúꜜètè]
Hypothetical conditional 増えれば ふえ​れば [fùéꜜrèbà]

Verb

増(ふ)える • (fueru) intransitive ichidan (stem 増(ふ)え (fue), past 増(ふ)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

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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