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JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

激げき増ぞう

gekizou

to increase sharply

Example sentences

  1. 高齢者こうれいしゃによる犯罪はんざいが激増げきぞうする

    crime by the elderly is increasing sharply

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. その結果けっか、官人かんじんの数かずが激増げきぞうした。

    This resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of government officials.

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

  3. 実際じっさいに、貴族きぞくや寺院じいんが富とみ栄さかえる一方いっぽう、農民層のうみんそうの負担ふたんが激増げきぞうした。

    Actually, the aristocratic class and temples prospered and grew wealthy, while burdens to the farmers increased tremendously.

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

Kanji in 激増

  • 激violent; get excitedOnゲキKunはげしい
  • 増increase; addOnゾウKunます・まし・ふえる

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