増加します（ぞうかします、zoukashimasu）
- to increase

The Japanese word 増加します (zōka shimasu) means "to increase," "to grow," "to rise," or "to augment." It describes a situation where something becomes greater in quantity, number, size, or degree. It is a polite, formal verb form.

⚫︎人口が増加します Translation: The population increases. ⚫︎売上が増加します Translation: Sales increase. ⚫︎彼の体重が増加します Translation: His weight increases.

You use 増加します in formal or polite situations. It is appropriate when discussing trends, statistics, or any situation where something is growing or becoming more. It can be used in business meetings, academic settings, or formal writing.

⚫︎The word is typically written in kanji as 増加 and followed by the polite verb ending します in hiragana. ⚫︎The full form is 増加します, while the stem is 増加.

⚫︎増える (fueru) - to increase (intransitive, meaning something increases on its own) ⚫︎増やす (fuyasu) - to increase (transitive, meaning to make something increase) ⚫︎上昇します (jōshō shimasu) - to rise, to go up (polite) ⚫︎増大します (zōdai shimasu) - to expand, to enlarge (polite)

⚫︎減少します (genshō shimasu) - to decrease (polite) ⚫︎減る (heru) - to decrease (intransitive) ⚫︎減らす (herasu) - to decrease (transitive)

企業の利益が増加しますことを願っています。 ・Translation: I hope that the company's profits will increase. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 増加します to express a wish for the increase of a company's profit in a formal context.

この地域の観光客数が昨年より増加しました。 ・Translation: The number of tourists to this area has increased compared to last year. ・Explanation: The past tense, 増加しました, is used to describe an increase that has already occurred.

The word 増加 (zōka) is a compound word formed from: ⚫︎増 (zō): meaning "to increase," "to grow," or "to add." ⚫︎加 (ka): meaning "to add," "to join," or "to increase." The します is the polite verb conjugation.