増量|ぞうりょうzouryou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbincrease in amount; increase in quantity; increase in volume
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 増量する（ぞうりょうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 増量します（ぞうりょうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 増量しない（ぞうりょうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 増量しません（ぞうりょうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 増量せず・増量せぬ（ぞうりょうせず・ぞうりょうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 増量した（ぞうりょうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 増量しました（ぞうりょうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 増量しなかった（ぞうりょうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 増量しませんでした（ぞうりょうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 増量して（ぞうりょうして） |
| Potential | 増量できる（ぞうりょうできる） |
| Passive | 増量される（ぞうりょうされる） |
| Causative | 増量させる（ぞうりょうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 増量させられる（ぞうりょうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 増量すれば（ぞうりょうすれば） |
| tara | 増量したら（ぞうりょうしたら） |
| Volitional | 増量しよう（ぞうりょうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 増量しましょう（ぞうりょうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 増量しろ（ぞうりょうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym増加ぞうかNeutralNeutral and the everyday default for any increase; broader in scope than 「増量」, covering any rise in quantity, not just portions of goods or medicine.
- Synonym増大ぞうだいWrittenWritten prose; stresses scale or degree growing larger, as in 「負担が増大する」 — abstract magnitudes rather than the physical portions of 「増量」.
- Synonym増やしふやしNeutralNeutral but rarely used on its own; mostly a nominalized form of the action of increasing. 「増量」 specifically highlights a portion or volume growing.
- Synonym加増かぞうWrittenWritten prose; an increase, especially the adding to a samurai's stipend or fief — a historical usage unlike 「増量」.
- Synonym増分ぞうぶんWrittenWritten prose and mainly mathematical: the amount by which a variable has increased. It names the added quantity, not the act of enlarging a portion.
- Related引き上げひきあげNeutralNeutral; centers on raising prices, interest rates and the like, as in 「金利の引き上げ」 — an upward revision of a figure, not an increase in portion.
- RelatedましCasualColloquial; as a suffix it adds a percentage, as in 「二割増し」, and it also means 'preferable, not so bad' — looser and more casual than 「増量」.
- Related上昇じょうしょうNeutralNeutral; centers on position or degree going up, as in 「気温の上昇」. It suits levels and temperatures, not portions of goods or medicine.
- RelatedのびNeutralNeutral; centers on growth in results or performance, as in 「売上の伸び」, and also on stretching the body — different ground from 「増量」.
- Related加かWrittenWritten prose; works almost only as a prefix or in words for Canada, and does not stand alone for an increase in amount.
- Related増額ぞうがくNeutralNeutral; centers on money, as in 「予算の増額」 — an increase in an amount of money, where 「増量」 is about portions of goods or medicine.
- Related増進ぞうしんNeutralNeutral; centers on capacities like physical strength or appetite improving, as in 「食欲増進」 — promoting a faculty, not enlarging a portion.
- Related累加るいかWrittenRare even in written prose and chiefly mathematical: adding the same quantity repeatedly in sequence. It is cumulative addition, not enlarging a portion.
- Related増ぞうWrittenWritten prose; mostly a suffix, as in 「前年比5%増」, reporting a rise against a base year. It labels the increase rather than enlarging a portion.
- Related増加分ぞうかぶんWrittenWritten prose; names the amount that has been added — the increased part itself, not the act of increasing that 「増量」 describes.
- Antonym減量げんりょうNeutralNeutral antonym; a decrease in quantity or weight, including losing body weight — the direct opposite of 「増量」's increase in portion.
- Antonym削減さくげんNeutralNeutral antonym; cutting quantities, amounts or costs — the opposite move to 「増量」.
Use 「増量」 when goods, medicine and the like gain in portion or volume, as in 「20%増量中」 or 「薬を増量する」. For increases in general pick 「増加」; for money, 「増額」. The opposites are 「減量」 and 「削減」. Others narrow the focus: 「増大」 for scale, 「引き上げ」 for rate hikes, 「増し」 and 「増」 as suffixes, 「増進」 for strength or appetite, 「上昇」 for rising levels, 「伸び」 for growth in results, 「増加分」 for the added amount, 「増分」 and 「累加」 for math, 「加増」 for samurai stipends.
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