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増やす is an exact match with one form of the following word:
増やす
BOOST
Reading : ふやす   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to increase; to add to; to augment  (opposite: 減らす)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
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増やす is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 21,000 (about 30,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 936 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5359
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
しょもつ
書物
じんせい
人生
たの
しみ
やす

Books add to the pleasures of life.
これ
かてい
家庭
しゅうにゅう
収入
やした

This has increased family income.
あめ
はげ
しさ
やす
いっぽう
一方
だった
The rain was only increasing in ferocity.
殖やす
BOOST
Reading : ふやす   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 210,000 (about 186,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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ふやす
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 112,000 (about 1,340,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ゾウ   ま to increase/grow   ふえる to increase/multiply   ふやす to increase/augment   
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ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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eight
デン   た rice field   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ショク   ふえる to increase, to swell   ふやす to augment, multiply   
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チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   なお to correct   なお to be cured   ただちに immediately   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
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