Word details

水増し

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 水増し.

Dictionary

Entry

水増しずましNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #42454
1

dilution; watering down

Examples
あのパブではビールを水増ししているのではないか。
I suspect they water down the beer in that pub.
2

inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

water

4 strokesFrequency 223JLPT N4Grade 1

On

スイ

Kun

みずみず-

Nanori

うずずみみさみつみなみん

increase, add, augment, gain, promote

14 strokesFrequency 231JLPT N2Grade 5

On

ゾウ

Kun

ま.すま.しふ.えるふ.やす

Nanori

まします

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