増す

• 読み: ます
• ローマ字: masu
• 漢字の分解: 増 (zou/ma) — increase, add, augment
• 発音: /ma.sɯ/

意味

To increase; to gain; to grow. Used for quantities, qualities, or intensities becoming greater.

A Group 1 (godan) verb that functions as both transitive and intransitive. Intransitive: 水かさが増す (the water level rises). Transitive: 勢いを増す (to gain momentum). Often used with abstract qualities: 重要性を増す (to gain importance). More literary than 増える and favoured in written or news-style Japanese.

例文

1. 台風が近づいて風の勢いが増してきた。
2. 年を重ねるごとに経験の価値が増す。
3. 新しいメンバーが入ってチームの活気を増した。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, descriptions, writing

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From the kanji 増 (zou/ma, to increase). The native Japanese reading masu has been used since classical times to express growth or amplification.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal