Illustration: At a neighborhood dumpling counter, a customer’s plate already holds two large dumplings side by side. The cook is sliding exactly two more from a small serving paddle onto the same plate, creating a second matching pair.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

倍ばい増ぞう

baizou

to double

Example sentences

  1. 2020年ねんまでには、この市しの人口じんこうは倍増ばいぞうしているだろう。

    By the year 2020, the population of this city will have doubled.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 公家達くげたちの所領しょりょうについても概おおむね綱吉時代つなよしじだいに倍増ばいぞうしている。

    Most of the court nobles' territory of also doubled during Tsunayoshi’s time.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. なお他たの歌舞伎かぶきの演目えんもくがどれもそうであるように、『山門さんもん』も大看板だいかんばんの組くみ合あわせで上演じょうえんされるとその魅力みりょくは倍増ばいぞうする。

    As in every kabuki, "Sanmon" gains additional attraction when it is performed by first-class actors.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 倍増

  • 倍double; twiceOnバイ
  • 増increase; addOnゾウKunます・まし・ふえる

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