No. 3,215 in Japanese
増大
Increase; expansion.
In a sentence
ストレスの増大により健康に影響が出る可能性があります。
The increase in stress may affect health.
Here, '増大' is used to describe an increase or enlargement, specifically regarding 'stress' ('ストレス'). It implies a growth or escalation in magnitude or amount.
企業は売上の増大を目指して新しい戦略を採用しました。
The company adopted a new strategy aiming for sales increase.
In this sentence, '増大' indicates the growth or intensification of 'sales' ('売上'), showing an intended positive economic improvement.
使用量の増大によって資源が枯渇する危険性があります。
Resource depletion may occur due to the increase in usage.
'増大' here refers to the augmentation of 'usage' ('使用量'), carrying a neutral to negative connotation related to over-utilization.
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