増やします（ふやします、fuyashimasu）
- to increase (transitive)

The Japanese verb 増やします means "to increase," "to add," "to augment," or "to raise." It implies an action that results in a greater quantity, number, or amount of something. It is a transitive verb, meaning it requires a direct object (the thing being increased). It indicates that someone is actively causing an increase. The subject of the verb is the person or thing performing the action of increasing. The object is what is being increased.

⚫︎ お金を増やします。 Translation: I will increase the money. ⚫︎ 野菜の量を増やします。 Translation: I will increase the amount of vegetables. ⚫︎ 経験を増やします。 Translation: I will increase my experience.

⚫︎ Use 増やします when you want to describe the act of making something larger, more numerous, or greater in amount. ⚫︎ The particle を (o) is typically used after the object being increased. ⚫︎ It's common in contexts like: business (increasing sales, profits), personal finance (increasing savings), cooking (increasing ingredients), and general situations (increasing the number of something). ⚫︎ It is the polite/masu-form of the verb 増やす (fuyasu).

⚫︎ 増やします is written using the kanji 増 (fu) meaning "to increase" or "to augment", the hiragana や (ya), し (shi), ま (ma), す (su). ⚫︎ The verb stem is 増やす (fuyasu) ⚫︎ This is the polite form (masu-form) of the verb. ⚫︎ Other forms include: ⚫︎ 増やす (fuyasu) - dictionary form (plain form) ⚫︎ 増やした (fuyashita) - past tense, polite ⚫︎ 増やさない (fuyasanai) - negative, plain form ⚫︎ 増やしません (fuyashimasen) - negative, polite ⚫︎ 増やし (fuyashi) - verb stem. (cannot use by itself.) ⚫︎ 増やして (fuyashite) - te-form ⚫︎ 増やしたい (fuyashitai) - to want to increase ⚫︎ 増やす (fuyasu) - dictionary form ⚫︎ 増やすだろう (fuyasudarou) - probably will increase ⚫︎ 増やすべき (fuyasubeki) - should increase.

⚫︎ 増やす (fuyasu) - The plain form of the verb. ⚫︎ 増大させる (zōdaisaseru) - To enlarge, to expand. (more formal) ⚫︎ 増加させる (zōkasaseru) - To increase, to augment. (more formal) ⚫︎ 加える (kuwaeru) - To add (can be used for adding numbers, ingredients, etc.). ⚫︎ 足す (tasu) - To add (specifically in mathematical contexts).

⚫︎ 減らす (herasu) - To decrease, to reduce. ⚫︎ 減る (heru) - To decrease, to diminish (intransitive - something decreases on its own). ⚫︎ 少なくする (sukunaku suru) - To make less. ⚫︎ 削減する (sakugensuru) - To cut down, to reduce (formal).

会社の利益を増やしたいと思っています。 ・Translation: I am thinking that I want to increase the company's profits. ・Explanation: The speaker wants to cause an increase in the company's profits. The particle を is used before the object, 利益, meaning profit.

もっと練習して、日本語の語彙を増やしましょう。 ・Translation: Let's practice more and increase our Japanese vocabulary. ・Explanation: The speaker is suggesting that they increase their vocabulary through practice. The word 語彙, meaning vocabulary, is the object. The "ましょう" ending suggests a suggestion or encouragement.

The verb 増やす is derived from the adjective 多い (ooi), meaning "many" or "much". The verb form implies making something "more". The kanji 増 itself combines elements related to increase or growth.