Word Meaning 弥増す

いやます iyamasu

弥増す is read as いやます (iyamasu) and means to increase more and more.

Meaning

English

to increase more and more
to continue to increase
to become more and more intense
to get stronger and stronger

Reading

Kana

いやます

Romaji

iyamasu

Writing Variants

いや増す いやます iyamasu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 118166 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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弥増さる

いやまさる

to become still greater

弥生

やよい

thick growth (of grass, etc.)

弥生時代

やよいじだい

Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)

弥生人

やよいじん

Yayoi people

弥生山

やよいやま

mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding

弥次郎兵衛

やじろべえ

balancing toy

弥次喜多

やじきた

comical pair

弥生狂言

やよいきょうげん

kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)

弥立つ

よだつ

to stand up straight

弥生土器

やよいどき

Yayoi pottery

弥生尽

やよいじん

last day of the third month of the lunar calendar

厳しさを増す

きびしさをます

to grow in severity

Example Sentences

秋の夜長、寂しさは弥増すばかりだ。

あきのよなが、さびしさはいやますばかりだ。

In the long autumn nights, the loneliness only increases.