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    3. 水増し

    水増し

    水みず増まし​

    dilution

    KMT7News #16+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveFood & DiningKanji Vocab19 strokes

    みずまし

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    dilution, watering down
    2.
    inflation (of budget, claim, etc.), padding

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    ジュースを水みず増ましする。

    To dilute the juice.

    KMT5Food & DiningDaily Life
    報ほう告こく書しょの内ない容ようが水みず増ましされている疑うたがいがある。

    There is suspicion that the contents of the report have been padded.

    KMT7Business & FinanceWork & Career
    節せつ約やくのために、スープを水みず増ましして量 を増ふやした。

    To save money, I watered down the soup to increase the volume.

    KMT7Food & DiningDaily Life
    予よ算さんの水みず増ましは、企き業ぎょうの信しん頼らいを損そこなう行こう為いだ。

    Budget padding is an act that damages a company's credibility.

    KMT8Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    プロジェクトの進しん捗ちょくを良よく見みせるために、データを水みず増ましして提てい出しゅつした。

    To make the project's progress look better, they submitted padded data.

    KMT8Business & FinanceWork & CareerTechnology

    Characters that make up this word

    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
    Kanji
    増
    ま.す・ま.し・ふ.える・ふ.やす…(3)
    increase・add・augment・gain・promote
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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