Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 水増し(みずまし) in Japanese

水増し
Kana Reading
みずまし
Romaji
mizumashi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, noun or verb acting prenominally
    Meaning
    dilution; watering down
    Example sentence
    水増し決算の噂で株価は上がりませんでした。 The stock got creamed when they got wind of the dilution.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
    Example sentence
    もし論文の量が不足したら、引用文で水増ししておけばいい。 If your essay is on the short side, you can always pad it out with a few quotations.

Examples of 水増し, みずまし in a sentence

Kanji in this word

増 JLPT 3

14 strokes

increase, add, augment, gain, promote

On'Yomi: ゾウ

Kun'Yomi: ま.す, ま.し, ふ.える, ふ.やす

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水 JLPT 5

4 strokes

water

On'Yomi: スイ

Kun'Yomi: みず, みず-

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