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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

増ぞう強きょう

zoukyou

to strengthen, to build up

Example sentences

そこで朝廷ちょうていは、まず国防力こくぼうりょくの増強ぞうきょうを図はかることとした。
As a result, the Imperial Court began to build up national defenses.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
新大統領しんだいとうりょうは軍ぐんを増強ぞうきょうしたいと思おもっている。
The new president wants to build up the army.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
中国ちゅうごくの軍事ぐんじ増強ぞうきょうは周辺国しゅうへんこくにとって脅威きょういだ。
The Chinese military build-up is a threat to neighboring countries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 増強

増increase; addOnゾウKunます・まし・ふえる
強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・つよめる

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