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水増し is an exact match with one form of the following word:
水増し
BOOST
Reading : みずまし   
noun, 'suru' verb, noun or verb acting prenominally
1. dilution; watering down
2. inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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水増し is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 105,000 (about 1,610,000 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 16 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
その
かいしゃ
会社
じゅんかんとりひき
循環取引
おこな
って
みか
見掛
じょう
りえき
利益
みずま
水増
はか
った

The company created round-trip transactions to pad its profits.
もし
ろんぶん
論文
りょう
ふそく
不足
したら
いんよう
引用
ぶん
みずま
水増
ししておけば
いい
If your essay is on the short side, you can always pad it out with a few quotations.
みずま
水増
けっさん
決算
うわさ
かぶか
株価
がりません
でした
The stock got creamed when they got wind of the dilution.
みずまし
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 90,000 (about 2,380,000 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 16 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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スイ   みず water   
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   
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